American Institute of Architects in 1971; served as University of California Regent’s Professor in the Graduate School of Management at UCI; received the California Council’s 1986 Award for Excellence in Architects in Industry, and was elected to the California Building Industry’s Hall of Fame in 1988. Personal life Watson and his wife, Elsa, lived in the same Newport Beach home for 48 years, in the East Bluff development that he helped plan. They were lifetime members of the University of California, Irvine Chancellor's Club. References External links Archival collections Guide to Raymond L. Watson Papers. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Other Raymond L. Watson Archive Papers University of California, Berkeley Oral Biography UCIspace @ the Libraries digital collection: Raymond L. Watson born digital files and digitized slides, 1992-2010 1926 births 2012 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople University of California, Irvine people Disney people American management consultants Chairmen of The Walt Disney Company Directors of The Walt Disney Company