This is an excerpt from a recent article in a Bristol, VA/TN (USA) newsletter about a Boyd. Charlene Boyd Kemp PA State Historian HBS January 18, 2011: Peyton Boyd, a Bristol native, has been a board member of Believe in Bristol since its inception in 2001, as well as the Design Committee Chairperson. An Abingdon-based architect, Peyton has recently received the William C. Noland Medal from the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects. Sometimes equated to a lifetime achievement award, the William C. Noland Medal is the organization's highest honor bestowed upon an architect. In presenting this award, the Society recognized the decades of dedicated and generous service Boyd has given to his profession as well as his impassioned and public advocacy of good design.