Lester Leroy Boyer Jr., PhD

Professor Emeritus | Architecture Educator | Consultant

Lester Boyer

A Timeline of Professional Milestones 

1937

Born to Lester Leroy and Ruth Florence (Kessler) Boyer in Hanover, PA.

1955

Enlists in the National Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at Pennsylvania State University through 1957.

1958

Marries Patricia Barbara Hayes on Dec. 28.

1960

Earns a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

1960

Is an instructor of architectural engineering at Pennsylvania State University through 1964.

1964

Works as a research engineer for the Armstrong Cork Company in Lancaster, PA, through 1968.

1964

Earns a Master of Science in architectural engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

1964

Is the course director within the National Society of Professional Engineers through 1974.

1968

Is a senior consultant for acoustics and noise control within Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. in Cambridge, MA, through 1970.

1970

Is a faculty member within and the director of the Environmental Control Program at Oklahoma State University through 1984.

1976

Earns a Doctor of Philosophy in architecture from the University of California Berkeley.

1979

Teaches as a professor of architecture at Oklahoma State University through 1984.

1984

Teaches as a professor of architecture at Texas A&M University through 1996.

1987

Writes “Earth Shelter Technology.”

1988

Is chairman of the division of design technology within the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University through 1990.

1992

Is the editor of “Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Underground Space and Earth Sheltered Structures.”

1994

Receives the Graduate Teaching Award from Texas A&M University.

1997

Is a visiting professor and chair of the Department of Architecture at Kuwait University.

1999

Is named professor emeritus by Texas A&M University and presently maintains this title.

2018

Receives the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

  

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