CHC Leadership

Director Emeritus David Woodcock earned professional qualifications in Architecture and Town and Country Planning from the University of Manchester, where he began his teaching career. He was a Fulbright Teaching Fellow in architecture at Texas A&M University from 1962 to 1966. Woodcock returned to England in 1966 to teach and practice architecture in Canterbury before returning to Texas A&M in 1970. In 1977, he launched a cross-disciplinary graduate program in historic preservation and established a research, teaching, and outreach unit, now known as the Center for Heritage Conservation. He served as president of the Association for Preservation Technology International from 2000 to 2001 and later chaired the American Institute of Architects’ National Historic Resources Committee. Woodcock was named Professor Emeritus of Architecture in 2011 and continues to publish and consult on heritage conservation issues.