Shirley Hammond, Alabama Interior Designer, Presented with NCIDQ's 2008 Tregre Award

December 4, 2008
Contact: Alexis Fermanis at 202.721.0220

WASHINGTON, DC - The National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) presented the Louis S. Tregre Award to Shirley Hammond during the 2008 Annual Council of Delegates meeting last month in Kansas City, Missouri. The award recognizes an individual for outstanding volunteer service at the grassroots level in support of the NCIDQ's mission to protect the health, life safety and welfare of the public by establishing standards of competence in the practice of interior design.

The award was created in 1991 to honor the memory of Louis Tregre, a founding director and first president of NCIDQ. He worked tirelessly, beginning in the late 1960s until his death in 1991, to form an independent, autonomous organization to develop standards and guidelines for determining competency in the practice of interior design.

Hammond is the owner of Perceptive Designs in Decatur, Alabama. She has been actively involved with NCIDQ for many years. She was appointed to the Alabama State Board for Registration of Interior Design, where she served for five years. In 2002, she served as NCIDQ's President and has continued to serve on numerous Council committees and task forces. She continues to advocate for NCIDQ as a speaker and mentor to emerging professionals.

"The power of what NCIDQ can do to transform the built environment is just beginning," Hammond told the assembled delegates. "NCIDQ may be the very catalyst for saving our planet through protecting the public by testing, for example, interior design knowledge of renewable, sustainable and green design. NCIDQ is the model for the United States and Canada and therefore, the model for the world. Qualified interior designers represent the best in the world and have the opportunity to lead the world into better places, safer places--quality spaces."

Presenting the award, NCIDQ President Sandra Friend said, "Shirley's persistence and determination as a champion for the public's safety captured the attention of lawmakers in Alabama when she was a founding member of the coalition that wrote interior design practice legislation. She was tireless in her commitment and has shown that same dedication in her volunteer activities with NCIDQ. She continues to speak with legislators, professionals and students about NCIDQ as the benchmark of professionalism for interior designers. When asked to assist, Shirley's first response is always 'How can I help?' This sort of on-the-ground spirit embodies the spirit of Louis S. Tregre's original vision for NCIDQ."

NCIDQ is an organization of regulatory boards and provincial associations in the United States and Canada whose core purpose is to protect the health, life safety and welfare of the public by establishing standards of competence in the practice of interior design. More information about the organization may be found at www.ncidq.org.

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