Emerita/Emeritus status recognizes longtime AIA Architect
members who meet the Institute's eligibility requirements.
Members may qualify based on either of the following
membership histories:
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Fifteen successive years of AIA membership in good
standing immediately prior to application.
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At least 25 successive or non-successive years of AIA
membership, with membership in good standing for at least
three successive years immediately preceding the application.
In addition, the member must either be at least 70 years old
and retired from the profession of architecture, or be
incapacitated and unable to work in the profession.