John Rothgeb

(1928-1986)

Education/Training:

• Knox College, BA (1950)
• Studied in New York under Mordecai Gorelik
• University of Michigan, MA (1954)
• Western Reserve University, MFA (1965)
• Case-Western Reserve University, PhD (1972)

Employment history:

• Assistant to Mordecai Gorelik (1951-1952)
• Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, Designer and Technician (1955-1957)
• Faculty, University of Texas at Austin, (1958-1986)
• Fine Arts Consultant, UT Performing Arts Center (1979-1981)
• Consultant and buyer, Robert Tobin Collection

Publications:

• Co-author (with Walter R. Volbach), Problems of Opera Production, (1967)
• Guest Editor, Theatre Design and Technology, Fall issue (1976) on the Prague Quadrennial
• Contributor, Oxford Companion to the American Theatre

USITT Involvement and Offices Held:

• Founding member
• Co-founder, Texas Regional Section (1969)
• Board of Directors
• Vice President & Conference Chairman (1970, Dallas, TX)
• Member, International Liaison Committee; represented USITT at OISTAT and Prague Quadrennials on numerous occasions
• Arranged purchase prizes for the first Design Expos (1980-1986)

Awards and Honors:

• Elected USITT Fellow (1985)
• Member, United Scenic Artists, Local 350
• Founding board member, National Design Archives of the Performing Arts
• Member, American Society for Theatre Research