Walter Netsch

After graduating from , and later became a partner for design.

During his career, Netsch designed 15 libraries, as well as academic buildings for colleges and universities in the United States and Japan, including Grinnell College , Miami University , Wells College , Illinois Institute Of Technology , Sophia University , Texas Christian University , University Of Chicago , University Of Illinois At Chicago , and University Of Iowa . He designed several buildings at Northwestern University and was the focus of an exhibit at the Northwestern University Library in February-March 2006.

Netsch has taught at several universities, received numerous awards and honorary degrees, and currently serves as a trustee at the Rhode Island School Of Design and a member of the Board of Governors at Northwestern University Library. From 1986-1989, he served as Commissioner of the Chicago Park District, appointed by mayor Harold Washington . He was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute Of Architects in 1967. In 1995, he was interviewed for the Chicago Architects Oral History Project .

Netsch is a collector and patron of the arts, along with his wife, Illinois politician Dawn Clark Netsch , to whom he has been married since 1963. The couple's art collection has been exhibited several times.

Now retired, Netsch maintains a private consulting practice and is viewed as a mentor by many Architects .

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