Dean Karen Van Lengen announced that Robert Irwin, American artist of light and space, is the 2009 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalist in Architecture.

Irwin will visit the School of Architecture in mid-April for two days, and will give a public lecture on April 14 at 3pm in Old Cabell Hall.

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture has been given annually since 1966 when the first medal was bestowed upon Mies van der Rohe. Along with a medal in law and a medal in leadership, it is the highest outside honor given by the University.