DEAN-KOGA-Obituary

DEAN KOGA

New York, New York

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KOGA--Dean. Colleagues and friends join with family in mourning the loss of Dean Koga, Restoration Architect, former Director of Technical Services at Building Conservation Associates, Inc. (BCA), and past President, Association for Preservation Technology International (APT). Dean passed away on...

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Dean was a young architect when, as a member of Robert Meadows firm, he worked on the stone facade of First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn. I was in contact with him daily at that time. Just a few weeks ago I spoke to Dean about the upcoming Minard Lafever symposium First Unitarian is hosting on October 26. He was enthused, suppportive and planning to attend.
We will open the symposium with a moment of memory for Dean.

My first encounter with Dean was at the Fire Island Lighthouse. Though nearly 40 years ago, his perch from atop the Keepers Quarters roof -- reveling in rappelling, while at the same time studying the heritage site beneath his feet -- remains an indelible memory, because it is so reflective of how I have always known Dean: at once whimsical & serious, lofty & grounded, poetic & pragmatic. It is how I will always remember him, and why I miss him as I do, as we all surely do... a genuine...