FERDINAND S. JOHNS, AIA, NCARB, DPACSA
PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ARCHITECTURE
e-mail: oldferdj@yahoo.com
phone: (406) 586-3298
Following a tour as a guided missile destroyer officer and a long night celebrating with two old friends, Ferd decided to become an architect. He received the B. Arch. from UVA, and following internship and the registration exam, became Vice-President of Commonwealth Architects in Sarasota, Florida. Ferd left for New York in 1975 to pursue a Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University. A two-year initiation into teaching architecture at the University of Oklahoma was followed by yet another move to Annapolis MD, where Ferd combined an active practice with teaching at the University of Maryland. Beth and Ferd moved their family to Bozeman in 1992 so he could accept a faculty position at Montana State University, from which he retired as Professor Emeritus of Architecture in 2007.
Ferd has thoroughly enjoyed a varied and exciting career in architecture and teaching, as well as a supportive and accomplished family that includes five children. He has received a number of architectural, urban design and teaching awards over the years, including a National AIA Honor Award for Excellence in Urban Design in 2006, and the Distinguished Professor Award from the ACSA in 2007. In addition to sailing in the Chesapeake, the Pacific Northwest and Florida, Ferd serves on the Board of the International Making Cities Livable (IMCL) Conferences, and continues to actively practice architecture, planning and urban design.