Résumé

Architectural Designer, Portland, OR. 1957.

Partner, Broome, Oringdulph, O'Toole, Rudolf, and Associates (BOOR/A), Architects, Portland, OR, 1969- . According to his biography on the NCARB.org web site: "Oringdulph graduated from the University of Oregon and launched his career as founding partner of Broome, Oringdulph, O'Toole, Rudolf, Boles & Associates (BOORA) in Portland, Oregon, where he became principal designer of the majority of BOORA's cultural programs as well as Nike’s national and international Niketown projects." (See NCARB.org, "Robert E. Oringdulph," accessed 06/25/2020.)

Professional Activities

Oringdulph was a Registered Architect in the States of OR, AK, AR, CA, ID, MD, NJ and WA.

Member, Oregon State Board of Architect Examiners, Eugene, OR, 1974.

Chair, Oregon State Board of Architect Examiners, Eugene, OR, c. 1976.

Director, NCARB, Western Conference (Region 6), 1979-1981.

Treasurer, NCARB, c. 1981-1982.

Second Vice-President, NCARB. c. 1982-1983.

First Vice-President, NCARB, 1983-1984.

President, NCARB, 1984-1985.

Member, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), Board of Directors, 1988-1989.

President, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), Board of Directors, 1990.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

High School/College

Graduate, Grant High School, Portland, OR, 1950. Oringdulph was a captain and letterman on the swim team at Grant High School, and participated as a room representative for the student council and as a student liaison for the local Red Cross. He was a member of the Service Squad and of the Royal G Club. His 1950 high school yearbook also listed him as “Pep Pres.” (See Ancestry.com, Grant High School Yearbook, 1950, p. 79.)

Graduate, Unviersity of Oregon (U of O), Eugene, OR. 1950-1954. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity at the University of Oregon.

Graduate Student, Unviersity of Oregon (U of O), Eugene, OR, c. 1955.

College Awards

In 1954, Oringdulph was President of the Associated Students of Architecture and Allied Arts at U of O.

Relocation

Robert Oringdulph was born in Denver, CO, in 01/06/1932, where his family had resided since at least 1928. By 1935, at least, they had relocated to 3581 NE Knott Street in Portland, OR, as noted in the 1940 US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: m-t0627-03391; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 37-359, accessed 06/25/2020.)

At the time of his marriage in 06/1957, Oringdulph lived at 3258 NE Fremont Street in Portland, OR.

In 1993-1994, at least, he resided at 6205 SE Reed College Place in Portland, OR.

Parents

His father, Fred Oringdulph, Sr., (born c. 1908 in NE), worked as a manager for a lumber company in Portland, OR, in 1940. His mother, Helen Hunt, (born c. 1908 in MO), managed the household that included three sons, Fred Oringdulph, Jr., (born c. 1928 in CO), Robert, and David Oringdulph, (born c. 1938 in OR). According to the 1940s US Census, Helen had completed high school, while Fred, Sr., had finished two years of college. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: m-t0627-03391; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 37-359, accessed 06/25/2020.)

Spouse

Oringdulph married Ernestine Gohrband, (born 11/07/1932 in Portland, OR-d. 08/31/2017 in Portland, OR), a school music teacher, on 06/21/1957 in Portland, OR. Her parents were Ernest Gohrband and Pauline Tompkins. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Marriage Records, 1906-1910, 1946-1966, accessed 06/25/2020.)

She graduated from the same high school as Robert, Grant High in Portland, in the same year, 1950. She attended the University of Idaho, where she received a B.A. in music. She then matriculated at the Universtiy of Texas at Austin, where she earned a Master's in Music Education by 1955. She taught music in TX for two years, before returning to her hometown in 1957. (See Oregon Live.com, “Ernestine Gohrband ‘Ernie’ Oringdulp,” published 10/05/2017, accessed 06/25/2020.)

Children

Robert and Ernestine had three daughters: Diane Oringdulph Gibbs, Mary Ann Oringdulph, and Judith Oringdulph Rompa.

Biographical Notes

His nickname was "Bud."

• Denver, CO (Architect's Birth)
  1437 Bannock Street
  Denver, CO 80202

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