- Date Of Death: March 17, 2007
- State: Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, CT. – Robert Hendrickson, 48, of 237 Blake St., New Haven died March 17, 2007 at Yale New Haven Hospital. He was born Sept. 24, 1958 in Melbourne, FL., the son of the late Douglas & Charlotte Stella Hendrickson. He attended the School of Architecture at Rice University, Houston TX. After graduating, he went to Chicago to work for Murphy Jahn Architects, where he worked on the O’Hare Project, and subsequently headed their field office in New York. Afterwards he went to Miami and worked for Wolfberg Alvarez Associates, working on the Miami Detention Center. Here he began his long association with Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. Eventually, he joined Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in 2001, serving as the Senior Project Manager on the construction of the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. In 2005, he joined the New Haven, CT office of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, serving as the Project Architect for the design and construction of The Landmark project in Abu Dhabi. In 2006 he was made an Associate of the firm. He also worked on the Puerto Rico Airport and many other projects. He enjoyed music, traveling, collecting, and antique cars.
He is survived by an aunt, Betty Carlson of Kankakee, IL and 5 first cousins, Shirley Peak of Baton Rouge, LA, Jo Ann Griffiths of Indianapolis, IN, Ginny Hutchinson of Seattle WA, Sharon Drumm of Kankakee IL, and Mary Vire of Grand Prairie, TX,; a special friend, Marlene Ayton of Boca Raton, FL and many other cousins. Robert had an incredible work ethic. He was well respected, known to be always fair and a true professional.
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