Ralph Lerner (1949 – May 7, 2011) was an American architect, born in New York in 1949. He studied under John Hejduk at Cooper Union.[1][2] Lerner then worked for Ulrich Franzen and Richard Meier.[3] Lerner obtained a master's degree in architecture at Harvard University in 1975, and joined the University of Virginia faculty.[1][2]
Ralph Lerner | |
|---|---|
| 3rd Dean of Princeton University School of Architecture | |
| In office 1989–2002 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Maxwell |
| Succeeded by | Stan Allen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949 New York, New York |
| Died | May 7, 2011 Princeton, New Jersey |
| Education | Cooper Union Harvard University (MArch) |
While based in Charlottesville, Lerner led his own firm, Ralph Lerner, Architecture and Urban Design.[3] From 1979 to 1980, Lerner taught at Polytechnic of Central London.[1][2] He returned to the United States for a position at Harvard, then accepted an associate professorship at Princeton University in 1983.[1][2] Ralph Lerner Architect PC was established in Princeton the following year.[1] He was appointed dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture in 1989, two years after becoming a full professor.[1][2] Lerner was designated George Dutton ’27 Professor of Architecture in 1994, and was succeeded as dean by Stan Allen in 2002.[1] Lerner remained on the Princeton faculty until his 2008 resignation, to assume the deanship of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong.[1][2]
Lerner resigned from HKU in April 2011 for health reasons,[1][3] and returned to the United States. He died in Princeton, New Jersey, of brain cancer on May 7, 2011, aged 61.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Altmann, Jennifer Greenstein (May 12, 2011). "Ralph Lerner, former architecture school dean, dies at 61". Princeton University. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ralph Lerner". Princeton University. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Iovine, Julie V. (May 12, 2011). "Ralph Lerner, 1950-2011". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved February 10, 2019.