AIA Honors Rogers with Service Award

Winter Park, Fla. – Jack Rogers, Chairman/CEO of RLF – a Winter Park-based architecture, engineering and interiors firm – was awarded the Hilliard T. Smith Community Service Award. This award, given by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Florida in honor of the organization’s past president Hilliard T. Smith, recognizes an architect whose leadership activities and service has been a direct benefit to the profession and community.

For more than 40 years, Rogers has served his country, community and profession. His numerous accomplishments include serving as an officer in the Navy; president and board member of the AIA Orlando Chapter; board member of Florida Hospital SHARES (medical missionary program) and Hospice of Central Florida for more than 10 years; and design and project administration contributor for campers’ cabins and staff lodges for The Boggy Creek Gang, a year-round camp for children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses.

Rogers has conceived, chaired and directed fund-raising to endow nine scholarships in architecture, interior design and building construction at the University of Florida. Additionally, he is a champion for Casa Feliz – a historic home museum designed by his father and moved by Rogers in 2001 to escape demolition. His efforts with Friends of Casa Feliz helped inspired the historic preservation ordinance in Winter Park, FL and he continues to energize preservation activity in the community.

About RLF – Founded in 1935, RLF is an architectural, engineering and interior design firm located in Winter Park, Fla. With a staff of approximately 90 design professionals, RLF provides client-focused services on major projects in the health care, religious, education and government markets. For more information, visit www.rlfae.com.