Background
Baringer, Richard E. was born on December 3, 1921 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Son of Elmer E. and Lelah Marie (Carpenter) Baringer.
Baringer, Richard E. was born on December 3, 1921 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Son of Elmer E. and Lelah Marie (Carpenter) Baringer.
Bachelor of Arts, Institute Design, Chicago, 1948. Bachelor of Architecture, Harvard, 1950, Master in Architecture, 1951.
Designer P.A.C.E. Associates, Architects, Chicago, 1951-1953. Chief designer George Fred Keck, William Keck, architects, Chicago, 1953-1955. Private practice architecture, Chicago, 1955-1961, New York City, 1961-1967, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, 1967-1980.
Exhibited paintings in one man shows at Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, 1949, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1951, Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York City, 1962, 63, 64, Columbia, 1963, Nelson Taylor Gallery, New York City, 1963, Dwan Gallery, New York City, 1967, 10 Downtown, New York City, 1968, Choate School, 1968, Notre Dame University, 1968, Institute Design of Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1968, Island Center, Saint Croix, 1970.
Exhibited in group shows at California Palace Legion of Honor, 1949, Institute Contemporary Art, Boston, 1951, Arts Club Chicago, 1961, University of Illinois Contemporary American Painting, 1963, Washington Gallery Modern Art, 1963, Albright Gallery, Buffalo, 1964, Museum Modern Art, 1965, American Museum Crafts, New York City, 1967, Pickor Gallery Colgate University, 1968, White House, 1967. Consultant Chicago Plan Commission, 1954.
Associate professor architecture Illinois Institute Technology, Institute Design, Chicago, 1956-1960. Assistant professor architecture Columbia, 1962-1963.
Visiting lecturer painting fine arts department University of Pennsylvania, 1966.
Chief designer American National Exhibition in Moscow, 1959.
Member planning committee Lincoln Park Conservation Commission, Chicago, 1957-1960. Member Virgin Islands Planning Board, 1973-1980. Board of directors Saint Croix Jazz Society.
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945.
Fellow American Academy Rome, American Institute of Architects (president Virgin Islands chapter 1975. Club: Harvard (New York City).
Married Caryl Dianne Zumhagen, February 15, 1969.