Some of my most influential teachers and co-workers:
Jiddu Krishnamurti
(A long time resident of the Ojai Valley, he lectured
around the world until his death in 1986; I attended
several of his talks over the years and have read
several of his books)
Edwin Schlossberg
(team taught with me "beginning design" at Southern Illinois
University in the fall of 1967 and later "designs for the
future" at Willard Junior High School summer school, 1968,
in Berkeley, California)
R. Buckminster Fuller ("Bucky")
(I first met him and published one of his speeches in our student
journal in 1966; he inspired me to create a special university-wide
multi-disciplinary course, "Design of Alternative Futures" for the
school year 1968-1969 at U.C., Berkeley)
Christopher Alexander
(I took his first class team taught with Sim Van Der Ryn, who later
was appointed State Architect by Jerry Brown for his two terms, as
well as the first semester of his second class; Chris Alexander is
now world-renowned for his book "Pattern Language")
I have been a member of the Audubon Society and the
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy for several years; once a
month I lead a bird watching walk, together with Susan
Bee, through one or another of the various preserves
of the O.V.L.C. Contacts for more information are:
While I attended the University of California, Berkeley, Department of
Architecture, the award-winning architectural firm of Moore, Lyndon,
Turnbull, and Whitaker (MLTW) figured prominently in my education.
Charles Moore was the chairman of the Architecture Department at
the time, Richard Whitaker was my First Semester Design instructor
and Donlyn Lyndon, still teaching today there, was not only my
Second Semester Design instructor but also my free-hand drawing
instructor. During Spring Break I did a pencil rendering of
Meiners Oaks Elementary School (see photo on "List of Clients" page
at top right) and when I showed it to him he exclaimed, "Oh, you're
from Ojai!" He had visited the school during construction(circa 1948)
with his father, Maynard Lyndon, the architect.
During my last two years at U.C., Berkeley, Professor Richard L. Meier
on the College of Environmental Design faculty graciously agreed to be
my faculty advisor for "Design of Alternative Futures" (See my
biography on the "Architecture" page in this website); his e-mail
address is meier@socrates.berkeley.edu; his manuscript website is:
