KENNETH CARDWELL

Kenneth H. Cardwell 1920 - 2010 Resident of Berkeley Kenneth was born in Los Angeles, California, attended Occidental College for two years then came to U. C. Berkeley to study architecture. His schooling was interrupted by World War II when he served with distinction in the U.S. (Army) Air Force in the South Pacific. After an honorable discharge and upon finishing his degree at U.C. Berkeley (Class of 1947), he worked in the firms of Thomsen and Wilson of San Francisco, Michael Goodman, and Winfield Scott Wellington in Berkeley, and Kolbeck, Cardwell & Christopherson in Oakland. He worked as well as a historical preservation and reconstruction consultant with his architect wife, Mary (Sullivan) Cardwell, also a UCB graduate. He began teaching in the U.C. Berkeley School of Architecture in 1949 and retired as a full professor in 1982. Early on he met and became friends with Annie and Bernard Maybeck. His seminal book, Bernard Maybeck: Artisan, Architect, Artist, was published in 1977. He initiated and taught the University's first course in Historic Preservation, which integrated the cultural and literary heritage of the West with the development of its physical environment. A 5th generation Californian, he enjoyed bodysurfing, bird watching, playing tennis, dancing, summers in Inverness, and writing as well as travel with family and friends. Upon retirement in 1982 he received the University of Berkeley Citation for Distinguished Teaching and late was made Professor Emeritus. Kenneth Cardwell was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. A civic-minded citizen, he served on Berkeley's Civic Art Commission and the Board of Adjustments. He was a founding director of Urban Care and served as President and Archivist for the Berkeley Historical Society. Kenneth H. Cardwell is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mary Sullivan Cardwell, five children, 9 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.