I just ran across a 2 1/2 year old post 
about what a software architect is on Mike Sax's weblog that was a comment to a post I made . Mike quotes Alan Cooper quite nicely:
Web designers are called programmers, programmers are called engineers, engineers are called architects, and architects are never called!
I just wanted to say that I am (and was at the time of my original post) familiar with Alan's quote and whole-heartedly agree!