Earl Flansburgh '53, B.Arch. '54, died Feb. 3 from Parkinson's disease. He was 77.

One of the first architects to serve as a Cornell trustee, Flansburgh served on the board from 1972 to 1987. He also was on the College of Architecture, Art and Planning's Advisory Council, finishing his 38th year at the time of his death. He designed the Cornell Store and the Builder's Wall at Uris Library Terrace on the Ithaca campus.

He grew up in Ithaca and upon graduation from Cornell served for two years in the U.S. Air Force. He then enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his master's degree in architecture in 1957, followed by a Fulbright scholarship to study in Britain.

Returning to Cambridge, Mass., he worked for several years at the Architects Collaborative before founding Earl R. Flansburgh and Associates in 1963. For more than 40 years, his firm specialized in the planning and design of educational facilities, completing more than 200 buildings for schools, colleges and universities throughout the United States and the Middle East, winning 80 national and regional design awards. In 1999 Flansburgh won the Boston Society of Architects' Award of Honor.

In addition to his wife, Polly '54, he is survived by two sons and extended family.

A memorial service will be held Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. at Harvard Memorial Church, Cambridge, Mass. Memorial contributions can be sent to Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, 129 Sibley Dome, Ithaca, NY 14853.