Norbert Schoenauer
Please read School's tribute to Norbert.
Resolution on the death of Professor Emeritus Norbert Schoenauer, 1923-2001
Professor Emeritus Norbert Schoenauer died on August 7, 2001, following a brief illness. He was a colleague, friend, and mentor to many, and his death marked the end of a distinguished career that spanned more than forty years at the McGill School of Architecture. Norbert was born in 1923 in Transylvania, and studied in Budapest and Copenhagen before obtaining his M.Arch. at McGill in 1959. He joined the faculty of the School in 1960, was appointed Assistant Professor in 1961 and served as Director of the School in the early 1970's. Except for a sabbatical and a two-year leave of absence between 1975 and 1977, when he served as Executive Director of the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Ottawa, he taught continuously until his death
