GRATITUDE TO OUR ALUM / who learned & worked with me

+"NO MAN IS AN ISLAND"+

>tonight's blog is an effort to thank those<

>many students who learned & worked<

>with me at three different universities<

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+MANY WONDERFUL ALUMNI+

+ARE A BLESSING OVER OUR+

>(lsu, tulane, and sdsu)<

+30 YEARS OF TEACHING+

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>i shall never be able to focus on all of<

>the stars of so many years of teaching<

>so i will have to be selective tonight<

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+TOM DAVIS+

>i must mention at the outset for his<

>wonderful research papers sent &<

+DAVE FOBES &+

+JIM BOURKE+

>for a transcendental effort in triggering<

>the renaissance in my professional life<

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>dennis woodard, dave fobes and chris jung are<
>along w/ mario lara and jack houston the stars<
+(SILVER SHIP ALUMS @+
+DAVE FOBES B-DAY)+
>who helped me build the silver ship in lajolla<
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 >ilsa and lloyd ruocco and the faculty of the<
>sdsu art dept had the faith in me allowing<
+SDSU ENTRANCE WAS+
+VITAL TO OUR DAY+ !
>my designing the environ design classes<
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>i am grateful to the students who built models<
>of my designs from my drawings. mario lara<
+A PART OF MY OEUVRE+
+PUBLISHED JAPAN, 1985+
>& yoshi matsuhisa, (lower left), and kotaro<
>nakamura (upper right) were excellent !<
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 >i am grateful to the students who helped me<
>build three other projects in addition to the<
+(RESTAURANT, HAIR SALON+
+& LAJOLLA FABRIC SHOP)+
>silver ship,(this hair salon) i'm proud of all<
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>pictors metamorphisis restaurant was difficult<
>but the beginning students in my class were<
+I DESIGNED & PAINTED
+THE SYMBOLIC SIGNS_
>an enthusiastic help over two months work< 
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>our many sdsu-ed exhibitions over thirty years<
+(OUR EXHIBITIONS LED+
+S.D.DESIGN CONCEPTS)+
>reflects the talents of some very talented alums<
>(several all california competitions were won)<
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>hands on construction w/ surplus & recycled<

>materials was very important to our effort<

+(EARTH DAY EXHIBITION+

+TENT STRUCTURE, 1975)+ 

>that is ralph bowman my s.a. on the right<

>(ralph this weekend /el cajon film show)<

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>sdsu ed star alum , now sdsu professor, dave fobes<
>with one of his greatest recent inventions last year<
+(HIS TALENT AS WINNING+
+AS HIS RADIANT SMILE)+ !
>the table that metamorphises from a painting<
>(dave offers a summer class in aspen w/ this)<
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 >no professor ever had better student assistants<
+(JIM BOURKE IN OUR LAST+
+SAN DIEGO EXHIBITION)+
>then the bourke brothers and ralph bowman<
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 >a very happy moment in our competition history+
+(OUR TENSILE STRUCTURE+
+SURVIVED NIGHT STORM)+
>was our winning 1994 project at san luis obispo<
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 >like kotaro nakamura, chikako terada & yoshi<
+(GRAD ALUMS FROM+
+JAPAN AND INDIA)+
>nakamura, arathy rangswami had much talent<
>(kotaro has become the sdsu art dept head)<
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 >archigram was not yet famous when i invited<
+(THEY WERE RECENTLY+
+KNIGHTED IN LONDON)+
>their lecture in 1970 after their work in japan<
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>this model demonstrates floors and walls that<

+(BUILDING PARTS AS+

+FIBER-OPTIC LIGHTS)+

>light up (one of our predictions for the future)<

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>architect raymond burroughs was in my<
>first class at louisiana state university &<
+(RAYMOND CAME BACK+
+AFTER A NEAR DEATH)+
>wrote this amazing book about his life<
>(raymond won an alumn. inst. comp)<
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+RAYMOND'S CLASSMATE, LUIS+

+ACOSTA WON A CEMENT INST+
>fontainbleau architecture school<
+TRIP TO STUDY IN FRANCE+
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>eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu