2007 Design Contest

The Institute's 2007 Design Contest featured entries competing in five categories. Family Monuments, Companion Monuments, Single Monuments, Single/Companion Markers and Public/Civic Memorials. AICA Designers submitted photographs of their completed work to be judged in each category.

Each category completed for the grand prize, the Eugene H. Faehnle, FAICA Trophy, as judges selected a first, second and third place winner in each of the five categories. The first place winner in each category became a finalist for the grand prize.  

2007 Grand Prize Winner

By Pierre Tourney, Jr.
Clark Memorials
Birmingham, AL

Mrs. Deibert’s love of life and her business were horses. She chose the hand carved lily, a symbol of Life Everlasting to decorate this lovely gothic style monument. The ledger carries her inscription and is attached to the base stone of the monument.

1st Place Finalists by Category

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1st Place 2007 - Public/Civic Memorial

1st Place 2007 - Individual Memorial

1st Place 2007 - Family Monument Category

1st Place 2007 - Companion Monument Category

1st Place 2007 - Individual/Companion Marker Category

Harold J. Schaller, FAICA Award

Harold J. Schaller, FAICA Award recognizes “outstanding achievement in conceptual design” and honors one of the Institute most treasured charter members and a man who served as its Executive Director for many years. Harold Schaller is most often referred to as “Mr. AICA” by members of the Institute. Harold Schaller was a great designer, an accomplished artist and a great teacher of memorial art. He died at the age of 90 on September 25, 2004.

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Leland B. Longstreth, AICA, Executive Director,
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