degrees, and served as a trustee at the Rhode Island School of Design and a member of the Board of Governors at Northwestern University Library. From 1986 to 1989, he served as Commissioner of the Chicago Park District, appointed by Mayor Harold Washington. He was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 1967. He was affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago and the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois. He served on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 1980 to 1985. In 1995, Netsch was interviewed for the Chicago Architects Oral History Project. Netsch was a collector and patron of the arts, along with his wife, Illinois politician Dawn Clark Netsch, whom he married in 1963. The couple's art collection has been exhibited several times. Netsch maintained a private consulting practice and was viewed as a mentor by many architects. References General Notes Brutalist architects Modernist architects from the United States 1920 births 2008 deaths Artists from Chicago Architects from Illinois Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni 20th-century American architects United States Army personnel of World War II