Robert Spencer Barnett Author & Illustrator

Robert Spencer Barnett, AIA, was a director with Gruen Associates in Los Angeles and the Hillier Group in Princeton, New Jersey, and Princeton University’s Vice Provost for University Space Planning; Assistant Director of the Office of Physical Planning; and Program Manager in the Office of Design and Construction. An instructor of construction technology at Southern California Institute of Architecture and New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, Mr. Barnett earned his B.A. University of Pennsylvania and Master of Architecture from Columbia University. His 2012 book, Hindsight–Foresight: From the Founding to the Future of Five Ivy League Campuses, was published electronically by the Society for College and University Planners