Background
Arbegast, David Elwood was born on August 19, 1924 in Arthur, Iowa, United States. Son of William Andrew and Hazel (Hartong) Arbegast.
Arbegast, David Elwood was born on August 19, 1924 in Arthur, Iowa, United States. Son of William Andrew and Hazel (Hartong) Arbegast.
Student, Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa, 9146-9147; Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1950; Master of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1953.
Draftsman, Litton and Whitney, Berkeley, 1951-1952; associate landscape architect, Geraldine Knight Scott-Landscape Architect, Berkeley, 1952-1955; associate landscape architect, Osmundson and Staley, San Francisco, 1954-1963; associate landscape architect, Osmundson and Associations, San Francisco, 1963-1968; partner, Arbegast & Newton, Berkekely, 1968-1974; president, Arbegast Newton & Griffith, Berkekely, since 1974. Instructor department landscape architecture University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1982.
Oral commissioner Department Consumer Affairs, State of California, 1984-1986. Served to sergeant United States Army, 1942-1945, British West Indies. Fellow American Society Landscape Architects (chairman chapter review board 1968).
Married May E. Kitazawa, August 16, 1952. Children: Deborah, Lisa, Michael, Katherine.