Background
Becherer, Richard John was born on November 8, 1951 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of Adam Jacob and Agnes Evelyn (Baker) Becherer.
Becherer, Richard John was born on November 8, 1951 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of Adam Jacob and Agnes Evelyn (Baker) Becherer.
Student Courtauld Institute, University London, 1973. Bachelor, Bachelor of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, 1974. Master of Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1977.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1981.
Architectural assistant Colin St. John Wilson and Partner, London, 1972-1973. Designer The Brooks Association, Houston, 1973-1974. Graduate assistant Cornell University, 1974-1980, assistant professor architecture, 1981, associate professor, 1996.
Assistant professor Auburn University, Alabama, 1980-1982, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1982-1986. Head graduate architecture program Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1986-1990, associate professor architecture, 1987-1996. Associate professor American University Beirut, 1999—2001, Iowa State University, 2001—2006, Southern Polytechnic State University, since 2007.
Presenter seminars National Endowment of the Humanities, 1982, 88, 89, American Collegiate Schools Architecture, 1988, 93, 97, 2002. Lecturer Centre Canadien d'Architecture, Montreal, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, and various colleges, university and national conferences. Visiting associate professor University Pittsburgh, 1997-1999.
Associate professor American University Beirut, 1999-2001, Iowa State University, 2001-2006, Southern Polytechnic State University, since 2007. Member Fulbright Fellowship selection committee.
Member American Association of University Professors, Society Architectural Historians (session chairman annual meeting 1989), College Art Association, Rice University Alumni Association.
Married Charlene Castellano, August 13, 1982.