2025 Associate to Emerita/Emeritus Form

AIA Bylaws – Member Emerita/Emeritus

2.312 Associate Members
Any Associate member may apply for Emerita/Emeritus status if:
The member has been in good standing in the Institute for fifteen successive years immediately prior to the member’s application, or has had a total of at least twenty-five successive or non-successive years of membership in the Institute, and has been a member in good standing for at least three successive years immediately preceding the member’s application for Emeritus membership; and The member either (i) has attained the age of 70 and is retired from an occupation related to the profession of architecture, or (ii) is so incapacitated as to be unable to work in an occupation related to the profession of architecture.

2.313 Waiver by the Secretary
The Secretary, in exceptional circumstances and for adequate cause, may, on an individual basis, waive (i) all or part of the period of membership required for Emerita/Emeritus status; and/or (ii) the age requirement for Emerita/Emeritus status. In addition, the Secretary, in exceptional circumstances and for adequate cause, may, on an individual basis: Waive the requirement that an applicant for Architect Emerita/Emeritus Member status must be an Architect member at the time of application, so long as the individual was an Architect member in good standing within one year before submitting the application for Emerita/Emeritus status; and Waive the requirement that an applicant for Associate Emerita/Emeritus Member status must be an Associate member at the time of application, so long as the individual was an Associate member in good standing within one year before submitting the application for Emerita/Emeritus status.