Background
Flansburgh, Earl Robert was born on April 28, 1931 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Earl Alvah and Elizabeth (Evans) Flansburgh.
Flansburgh, Earl Robert was born on April 28, 1931 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Earl Alvah and Elizabeth (Evans) Flansburgh.
Flansburgh graduated from the Cornell Architecture School in 1953, where he was also a member of the Quill and Dagger society. While at Cornell, Flansburgh was manager of the freshmen"s men orientation camp.
In 1963, Flansburgh formed his own architecture firm in Boston, Massachusetts, Flansburgh & Associates (ERF+A). In January 1969, "Progressive Architecture" selected Flansburgh"s underground Cornell Campus Store for one of its sixteen Annual Design Awards. Over the course of his career, Flansburgh worked or gave lectures at institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wellesley College, and the Architectural Association School of Architecture (London).
From 1972 until his death, he served on the Board of Trustees at Cornell University, where he served as the chairman of the Buildings and Properties Committee for 27 years.
Chairman architecture committee Boston Arts Festival, 1964, Downtown Boston Design advisory committee. Board directors Cambridge Center Adult Education. President Downtown North Boston, 1994-2009.
Trustee Cornell University, 1972-2009. Chairman buildings and properties committee, 1976-1987. Member executive committee academy affairs committee.
Class secretary SCMP VII Harvard Business School, 1982-1989. 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1954-1956. Fellow American Institute of Architects, National Academy Design.
Member Royal Institute British Architects, Boston Society Architects (chairman program committee, 1969-1971, commissioner public affairs 1971-1973, commissioner design 1973-1974, director 1971-1974, president 1980-1981), Boston Foundation Architecture (treasurer 1984-1989), Cornell University Council, Quill and Dagger Society, St. Botolph Club, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Louise Hospital, August 27, 1955. Children: Earl Schuyler, John Conant.