Abstract:
The Robert E. Stipe Professional Award is the state's highest award given to working professionals demonstrating outstanding commitment to historic preservation as part of their job. Renee Gledhill-Earley, the 1991 recipient, has been the state's environmental review coordinator since 1981. In this capacity she has overseen the review of 11,000 state and federal planning projects and ensured the protection of countless historic structures from demolition or damaging treatment.