Stanley Boles

Stan was an incredibly girfted man. I was honored to have worked as his right hand, Executive Assistant, for his last 5 years at Bora Architects. I learned so so much from him. This world is definitely a darker place without him in it.

Still less than 6 months of your passing and I still cannot believe it has happened. I think of you and Glenn often as if you are both still here with us and we pass emails over holidays and birthdays. A fond memory of us is playing neighborhood football (you're 13, I'm 7 and Glenn is 9) and you are the quarter back while Glenn and I are the receivers going long or doing a button hook play. Also, our summer vacation times in Rockport where you are leading us in a crabbing expedition into...

Stan was a treasured friend for 60 years beginning with our first year of architecture school. He dazzled us with his amazing design and drawing ability and entertained us with his droll humor and love of life. After college we lived far apart but stayed close and managed to visit each other´s homes many times over the years. Stan introduced me to the Pacific northwest, I hosted him in New York and together with our wives we enjoyed wonderful trips together exploring architecture and the...

Like many of you, our friendship with and admiration for Stanley go back almost 50 years. For me, it started the first day of classes at UT School of Architecture. Some of us were lost and scared. Not Stanley! He brought the full compliment of talent and confidence that so many of us lacked and he shared, supported and befriended us all with such good will and humor. We knew we were in the presence of a true star and he proved us right! It was great fun to see his great buildings being...

Stan had no idea how many times I used his name while I was cooking. I met Stan in 1974 or 75 a few times but his name popped up constantly in our house as we have made , " Stan Boles' Rain Check Chili " at least 250 times over the last 50 years. I believe I found his recipe in The Oregonian back in the day when The Oregonian had a " Living Section" and published his recipe. And, it was alway Stan Boles Chili. I imagine that there are many small gifts such as this recipe that Stan unknowingly...

I met Stanley in the fall of 1970 when I was hired by the architectural firm of Gunnar Birkerts in Birmingham, Michigan. Stanley had started there just a couple weeks before me. We quickly became close friends and that friendship endured from that point onward. We also worked together at Robert Burley Architects in Vermont, and ultimately both moved to Portland, Oregon a couple years apart. His exceptional talent and keen interest in the arts has had a significant impact on my career as a...

I first got to know Stan when he, Dale Crane, and I were the football managers at RE Lee HS in Houston. In later years, Stan, Wendy, Peggy, and I enjoyed many trips together to the Galapagos, Devon/Cornwall, the Dordogne, Andalusia, Cinque Terra, Florence, Portugal, and Northern Spain. We also enjoyed visiting them in Palm Springs numerous times. We will miss those fun adventures. Stan was a great friend.

Stan was a treasured friend since third grade at Grady Elementary in Houston. One especially fond, enduring memory was serving with Stan as manager of the Lee HS football team. Perhaps the thing I will miss most about Stan was his wonderful wit.