Fred Koetter Architect, urbanist, educator Fred Koetter, beloved husband, father, teacher, critic, architect, urbanist and former Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, passed away on August 21st in Brookline, Massachusetts. Born in 1938 in Great Falls, Montana to Lillian Elizabeth Osburnsen and Alfred Herman Koetter, Sr., Fred made valuable and lasting contributions to the world of architecture and urbanism through his practice, writing and teaching. He is remembered as a perceptive critic, a superb professor, a generous dean and a gifted architect. Fred earned a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Master of Architecture from Cornell, where he became close with architectural theorist Colin Rowe. The two went on to co-author the ever-relevant book Collage City, an argument for a pluralistic and multivalent approach to urban design. While in Ithaca, Fred formed the firm Wells/Koetter with Jerry Wells and joined the Cornell faculty after graduating. Wells/Koetter achieved recognition with projects including the winning design for the Brighton Beach housing competition in Brooklyn, NY, in 1972. As Dean of the Yale School of Architecture from 1993 to 1998, Fred placed a great emphasis on urban design and mixed-use districts throughout the curriculum. After his tenure as Dean, he led the post-professional Master's degree program and remained on the faculty until his retirement in 2014. Alongside Susie Kim, Fred co-founded Koetter Kim & Associates in 1978. With a focus on architecture and the city, their firm's work achieved international renown and took them around the world. With offices in Boston and London, the firm's list of projects includes the Boston Plan, the New City Center for Ho Chi Minh City, the New Administrative Center in Tianjin, Martyr Square in Beirut, and the master plan for London's Canary Wharf. Fred is survived by his wife, Susie Kim, his children, Quentin, Max, Alfie and Susanna, his sister Yvonne Murray, and his grandchildren Daschiel and Ava Agee. In honor of Fred's life and legacy, donations may be made to The Fred Koetter and Susie Kim Endowed Fund and the Fred Koetter Exhibitions Fund at the Yale School of Architecture, and the Fred H. Koetter Financial Aid Fund at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.