Richard Schooler
Job:
I am a Senior Architect at Microsoft Research. My office is in
Redmond, but for now my family is still in Cambridge, MA.
Resume:
Here's a resumé, indicating what I've
done previously.
Personal Interests:
Architecture. The real kind that is: buildings. I
especially enjoy residential architecture of the period around 1900,
including H.H. Richardson, the so-called Victorian and Queen Anne
styles, and the Arts & Crafts movements in Great Britain and the
U.S.A. I have a good collection of books on the subject, and enjoy
visiting the best examples, such as Greene & Greene houses in
California. Here's a picture
index.
Cameras. I collect old cameras, and have hundreds of
cameras and lenses. Almost all are 35mm, mostly from around the
1950's. The biggest single part is Canon, from rangefinder models
through the early SLR cameras. I also have a lot of Olympus Pen F
(half-frame SLR), Robot (spring-wound motor drive), and some Leica
(screw and M), Nikon (rangefinder and F), and much else.
Classical music. I especially enjoy Baroque and "early
music". If I had to live with only one composer it would be Bach. But
I have fairly wide tastes; if I had to pick the greatest composer of
the 20th century, it would be Shostakovich. I have a good CD
collection, but don't hear as much live music as I did BK (Before
Kids).
Ukiyo-E. I enjoy Japanese woodblock prints. I made a
conscious decision not to collect actual prints, having
enough expensive hobbies! I do have a a good number of books on the
subject, including a number of out-of-print references collected in
2nd-hand bookstores (yet another material addiction :-). I like
Hiroshige (who doesn't) and the early "classic" prints.
Digital Photography. I only acquired a digital camera in
2001, but for quite a while before that, I've had a film scanner, and
have been having fun with some of the image manipulation software out
there. Here's the main link to my pictures
online, and a guide to choosing a
digital camera.
Programming. Here's a Scrabble
program in Java.
High School. I graduated from Munich American High
School, class of '79. Here are some pictures. I attended the 20th reunion in Winter Park,
Colorado.
Family. Last but certainly not least! I married my
long-term (since high school!) friend Chantal in 1990. We had a
daughter Isabel in 1993, and a son Benjamin in 1996, and plan to stop
there.
schooler@alum.mit.edu
