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Ron Kollar

chief design officer, Tishman Hotel Corp, New York
I grew up in western Pennsylvania. My father was
an accountant; my mother owned bakeries and had
won national prizes in the late fifties for her cake
decorating. As a kid I used to draw house plans.
There was a big ‘Aha’ moment when I figured out
that the elevation of these houses I was drawing had
to match the inside of the building configuration!
Early on, when my parents wanted to encourage
me to read, they gave me a bunch of books, one
of which was about Frank Lloyd Wright. And
my parents took me on a field trip to see Wright’s
Fallingwater. Oh my God! I had never seen anything
like that! In seventh grade, I had to write an
autobiography, and I wrote that I wanted to be an
architect like Wright.
In Pittsburgh, there’s an arts program for kids
at the Carnegie Museum, the Tam O’Shanters—
Andy Warhol went there. Class was every Saturday
morning during the school year from fourth grade
to senior year in high school. When I was fifteen, we
had life drawing with a female model. Hot stuff! Mom
wasn’t sure of that idea and wanted to know what the
women had on. I replied, ‘Earrings!’
In my junior year of high school, Carnegie Mellon
offered a six-week summer course for students who
thought they might want to be architects. I did so well
that I got a letter from the dean inviting me to join the
architecture school at Carnegie Mellon. That pretty
much sealed my fate.
Ironically, considering my father’s profession,
math has never been my strong subject. My algebra
teacher, Father Leslie, in sophomore year told me I’d
never be an architect because I was no good in math.
I still remember the day I got my architect’s license,
thinking, ‘Up yours, Father Leslie!’

Glenn Pushelberg

partner, Yabu Pushelberg, Toronto and New York
Growing up in Waterloo, Canada, I always wanted to get out of the small
town and move to a big city. University was my chance to make the move!
I considered finance, hotel management, and interior design. Interior
design won in the end not only because the school [Ryerson University]
was in Toronto, but also because I felt it would satiate my business and
creative mind. Ironically enough, here I am thirty-three years later,
designing leading hotels, restaurants, and retail shops around the world,
and managing studios in Toronto and New York City. I am still excited
every day and by every new project that comes through our door and of
course, am very grateful for the career choice I made many, many moons
ago based on my young sense of wanderlust.

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