Bernd Foerster

There will be a celebration of Bernd's life on the eve of his 87th birthday: Saturday, December 4, 2010 at the All Faiths/Danforth Chapel on the Kansas State University campus at 7:30. Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel assisted the family with arrangements.

Born December 5, 1923
Passed away November 8, 2010.

Architect, Author, Conservationist, Educator, Film Maker, Historic Preservationist, International Traveler, Mentor, Teacher, Husband, Father, Grandfather and Great Grandfather.

Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Architecture, Planning, and Design, Kansas State University
Adjunct Professor, Goucher College, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
Distinguished Professor, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

Fellow Emeritus, American Institute of Architects
Trustee Emeritus, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Recipient, Kansas Governor's Award for Historic Preservation
Author of four books, four films and numerous articles
Past consultant on community design, New York State Council on the Arts
Past Chair, Governor's Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation in New York State
Past trustee, Olana Historic Site, New York
Past President, Kansas Society of Architects
Past Chair, Committee on Historic Resources, American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Past Member, Drayton Hall Council, Charleston, SC
Past Chair, Committee on Historic Resources, AIA Kansas
Past Member, Kansas Main Street Advisory Board
Past President, Manhattan Arts Council
Past President, Riley County Historical Museum Trustees
Past Chair, Manhattan Downtown Redevelopment Advisory Board
Past Consultant, US General Services Administration
Past Chair, Riley County Road and Bridge Advisory Committee
Past Member, Riley County Planning Board
Past chair, steering committee, Manhattan Downtown Tomorrow
Leader, US delegation on preservation planning;
People Republic of China, '82
Leader, preservation delegation to the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary; Citizen Ambassador Program, '89

Leader, faculty team to Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics, and Hungary '90
Member, Manhattan Historic Resources Board
Honorary Trustee, Kansas Preservation Alliance
Jay Marston Fitch Lifetime Achievement Award;

National Council for Preservation Education
Lifetime Achievement Award; Kansas Preservation Alliance
Past President, League of Women Voters of Manhattan Riley County
Board Member, League of Women Voters State of Kansas
Member, Manhattan Rotary Club 1972-2007
Board of Directors, The Land Institute 1976-1987
Longtime members The Nature Conservancy & National Audubon Society
Member, KSU Wranglers, Kansas State University

Listings include: "Who's Who in America" (selected in 1969)

"Who's Who in the Midwest", and

"Who's Who in the World"

Bernd attended Columbia University and got his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Cincinnati and Master of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he was an instructor, assistant and associate professor before becoming a professor and acting dean. In 1971 he became the Professor and Dean of College of Architecture, Planning and Design at Kansas State University. His academic honors included: SCARAB, architectural honor society; Tau Sigma Delta, architecture and design honor society, Phi Kappa Phi, academic honor society, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Distinguished Professor; National Council for Preservation Education James Marston Fitch Lifetime Achievement Award; in 1996, Kansas State University named a 250 seat lecture hall "Foerster Auditorium" in Bernd's honor and Kansas State University bestowed its Distinguished Service Award.

Predeceased by his parents (Joseph Foerster and Marta Brumm Foerster) and youngest son Mark.

His wife of sixty years, Enell survives as does his eldest son Kent, his wife Beth Regier Foerster, grandchildren Anna Kathryn Foerster and Kelly Mulvihill and her husband John Mulvihill and two great grandchildren Bryce Foerster Mulvihill and Brooke Elizabeth Mulvihill.

Memorial contributions can be made in his name to the Kansas Preservation Alliance www.kpalliance.org or Meadowlark Hills Foundation www.meadowlark.org. Please visit http://berndfoerster.wikispaces.com/ for more information on Bernd's December 4th Celebration of life.