Daniel Lewis Schodek
1941 - 2013 (72 years)Person ID: I16217 | Last Modified: 7 Mar 2026
1910 - 1998 (87 years)-
Name Daniel Lewis Schodek Gender Male Birth 24 Aug 1941 Fort Bend County, Texas, USA 
Died 27 Aug 2013 Massachusetts, USA Buried Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA [1] -
Parents
Father Frank Lewis Schodek (ID:I16215)
b. 4 Oct 1909, Sealy, Austin County, Texas, USA
d. 1 May 1965, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA (Age 55 years) Mother Hermina Amelia Sabrsula (ID:I16083)
b. 6 Dec 1910, Wallis, Austin County, Texas, USA
d. 5 Feb 1998, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA (Age 87 years) Siblings 1 brother + 1. Franklin Royce Schodek
b. 2 Jan 1937, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
d. 7 Jan 2025, Texas, USA (Age 88 years) -
Family
Wife Living (ID:I16222) Children 1. Living (ID:I16223)2. Living (ID:I16224) -
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Birth - 24 Aug 1941 - Fort Bend County, Texas, USA 
Died - 27 Aug 2013 - Massachusetts, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236315704/daniel_lewis-schodek.
Fort Bend Herald, Rosenberg, Texas, August 29, 2013:
Daniel L. Schodek, 72, Professor Emeritus of Harvard University Graduate School of Design and longtime resident of Winchester, passed away on Tuesday, August 27. He was the husband of Kay (Strieber) Schodek. Born and raised in Texas, Daniel was the son of the late Frank and the late Hermina (Sabrsula) Schodek.
He was awarded BS and MS degrees in Architectural Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1966, a PH.D. in Civil Engineering from MIT in 1971 and an honorary
MA from Harvard University in 1982. Professor Schodek actively taught Architectural Technology in the Department of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design for over 35 years, from 1969 until 2008.
Daniel authored many books and articles throughout his career, his first textbook being Structures, now in its 7th edition with co-author Martin Bechthold and used by technology students throughout the world. His 1987 book, Landmarks in American Civil Engineering, won the Abel Wolman Award. Structure in Sculpture, which appeared in 1992, won two awards in 1995, the American lnstitute of Graphic Artists Award and the Leipzig Book Award. Daniel also co-authored several books with others with complementary expertise. ln 2004 he co-wrote Digital Design and Manufacturing: Applications in Architecture and Design with Martin Bechthold et al and Smart Materials in Architectural Design with Michelle Addington. ln 2008, he was second co-author with lmdat As of Dynamic Digital Representations in Architecture, and in 2009, he was third co-author with Michael F. Ashby and Paulo J. Ferreira of Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design.
Daniel loved being on the cutting edge of building technology, taking interest in computer-aided design and manufacturing applications in architecture, "intelligent" materials and systems, and the design of advanced health care facilities to accommodate new medical technologies. More recently, he was involved in the establishment of green standards for urban infrastructure and the impact of food production systems on health.
Daniel loved to work with his hands and would utilize his skills to redesign, with touches of artistry and whimsy, the interiors of each of the antique homes he and his family lived in, as well as to create wooden toys for his children and grandchildren. He also co-designed with Paul Stevenson Oles the bridge at West Dover, Vermont that won the Vermont Bridge Competition in 1989 and the New England AIA award in 1996.
Daniel loved to combine work and travel, bringing his family along whenever possible.
His stint as a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Delft in 1987, enabled many side trips that his wife and children still fondly recall.
Daniel was an avid reader, capable of expounding with great knowledge about so many aspects of the world around him, particularly on history and astronomy. He is remembered by his family and friends as a true "renaissance man."
In addition to his wife Kay, Daniel is survived by two sons, Ned Schodek and his wife, Johanna Maron of Brooklyn, NY, and Ben Schodek and his wife, Megan Marincic, of Winchester; three grandchildren, Rowan, Eden, and Esme Schodek of Brooklyn; and one brother, Franklin Schodek and his wife, Janiece, of Texas. He is also survived by many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements by the Graham Funeral Home, Woburn.
