VAF member Travis McDonad has been selected as the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient by the UVA School of Architecture. One of the leading historic restoration/preservation specialists in the United States, McDonald, the director of architectural restoration at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, has led the way in transforming these fields for over 30 years. The award will be presented to McDonald at the Annual Dean’s Forum Dinner at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville on September 25, 2021.