John Keiser Rauch

Background

Rauch, John Harold was born on October 23, 1930 in Vienna, Austria. Came to United States, 1940, naturalized, 1945. Son of Carl Leon and Julie (Buchwald) Rauch.

Education

Student, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1948-1951; Bachelor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1957; postgraduate, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, since 1996.

Career

Draftsman, Cope & Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1957-1960; architect, Venturi and Short, Philadelphia, 1960-1964; partner, Venturi and Rauch (Architects and Planners), Philadelphia, 1964-1979; partner, Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown, 1980-1982; vice president, managing principal, Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown, 1982-1987; management consultant, mediator, arbitrator, Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown, 1988-1996; instructor, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School Fine Arts, 1969-1970, 89. Lecturer department architecture Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1990-1994.

Membership

Member American Jewish Committee, since 1965. Member executive board California Job Development, 1967-1972. Member community relations committee Los Angeles Jewish Federation, 1966-1971.

President California-Israel Chamber of Commerce, 1965-1969, board directors, 1961-1969. Delegate Prime Minister's Economic Conference, Jerusalem, 1968, 73. Board directors Herzl Schools, Los Angeles, 1975-1982.

Board visitors University Judaism, 1979-1981. Board directors American Friends of Tel Aviv University, American Friends Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, since 1987. Board governors Tel Aviv University, since 1982.

Board directors Brandeis Bardin Institute, Los Angeles, since 1982, president, since 1986. 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1954. Captain United States Army Reserve.

Member American Jewish History Society (trustee), Zionist Organization American, Phi Alpha Delta.

Connections

Married Carol Pfaff, March 11, 1953(divorced June 1978). Children: John David, Charles Daniel, Kathryn Mari, Peter, Carol Anne. Married Carol A. McConochie, January 10, 1981.

Father:

John Keiser Rauch

Mother:

Marjorie (Gretz) Rauch

Spouse:

Carol Pfaff

Spouse:

Carol A. McConochie

child:

Charles Daniel Rauch

child:

John David Rauch

child:

Carol Anne Rauch

child:

Kathryn Mari Rauch

child:

Peter Rauch