Get to know "The Man Who Made Sarasota Modern", Philip Hanson Hiss, through this open-air Symposium held bayfront at College Hall. Learn about Philip Hiss’ monumental contributions to Sarasota’s development via an introductory film, followed by presentations covering the development of Lido Shores, the Sarasota County school building program of the 1950s and I.M. Pei’s New College work of the 1960s. Light refreshments served.

8:30 am - doors open and light refreshments available

9:00 am - 12:00 pm program outlined below

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MOD 2021  
The Vision of Philip Hiss 
Symposium 

Intro and welcome Anne-Marie Russell, Executive Director, Architecture Sarasota  

Education is Freedom: Philip Hiss, Societal Reform, and a Progressive Democracy 

Morris (Marty) Hylton III, historic preservationist   

Tropical Modernism at Home: The Development of Lido Shores  

Christopher Wilson, PhD, architecture historian  

The School Board That Dared: The Sarasota County School Building Program 

Lorrie Muldowney, historic preservationist 

A Visionary Father: A conversation with Muffi Hiss  

Bob Morris, author & journalist