Résumé

Resident Lighting Designer, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, -1968; Theatre and Lighting Consultant, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, New York, NY, 1968-1972; Partner, Piacentini/Auerbach, San Francisco, CA, 1972-1973.

Founder, S. Leonard Auerbach and Associates, San Francisco, CA, 1973-2002. This firm became an industry leader in theatre and lighting design.

Chairman and Director of Design, Auerbach-Pollock-Friedlander, San Francisco, CA, 2002-present; this consulting firm specialized in performing arts and media center planning and design; In 2017, Auerbach-Pollock-Friedlander, Performing Arts/Media Facilities Planning and Design, had three offices: San Francisco, New York, and Edina, MN.

Chairman and Director of Design, Auerbach Glasow; San Francisco, CA, 2002-present; Auerbach Glasow was the lighting design consultantship within the company. In 2017, this firm maintained its office in San Francisco, at 225 Green Street, San Francisco, CA 94111.

Teaching

Visiting Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA; Fitzgibbon Visiting Professor,Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001.

Assistant Instructor, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA.

Lecturer, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design (GSD), Continuing Education, Cambridge, MA.

Professional Activities

Founding Member, American American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC). President, ASTC, 1983-1987.

Member, Member of the Illuminating Engineering Society (MIES). Member, International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD). Member, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. Member, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.Board Member, International Society for the Performing Arts, 2010-2013. Allied Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA) San Francisco, San Francisco, CA;

Professional Awards

Fellow, American American Society of Theatre Consultants (FASTC). Fellow, United States Institute for Theatre Technology.

College

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drama, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA; Master of Fine Arts, Theatre Architecture, Carnegie Institute of Technology, , Pittsburgh, PA.

College Awards

At the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Auerbach was awarded with a Heinz Fellowship for the Fine Arts.