sentences:  The Faculty experienced a risk of dissolution in the 70s, but returned to its establishment as the Faculty of Architecture in 1980 under the appointment of Dean Blanche Lemco van Ginkel.Shortly afterwards, George Baird was appointed as Acting Chair following the resignation of Antonio de Souza Santos.The Faculty was under threat of closure from the Provost for the first half of the 80s, but settled as a School after faculty members, the profession, the local community, and the broad architectural academic community defended the field of study to remain at U of T. Within this new framework, Anthony Eardley was appointed Dean, and shared responsibilities of Program Chair with Steven Fong; this assignment lasted until 1997, when Larry Wayne Richards assumed the role of Dean and Chair of the Architecture Program.