Richard Yeager

Richard Yeager has over 30 years of professional experience working as an architect and administrator for university campuses. He has contributed to and managed an extensive number of academic projects, providing a wide array of support; including design, renovation and restoration, master planning, scheduling, and budget development as well as project and construction management. He has a strong background in preservation and extensive experience in the renovation of numerous historic buildings throughout his career.

He is the University of Massachusetts, Amherst’s Director for Campus Planning and University Architect in their Facilities & Campus Services Division, and oversees a campus of over 1,450 acres, and 13.4 million gross square feet of space. Yeager leads a Department of architects, designers, programmers, planners and landscape architects. He is responsible for all Master Planning, Studies, Assessments, Space Management, GIS, Real Estate and Project Initiation (both in Planning and Project Implementation).

Previously, he was the Assistant Director of Planning and Design at Boston College and led a design staff that oversaw Boston College’s physical campus of over 150 buildings. He was responsible for the design and management of the Annual Capital projects on campus as well as played a critical role in BC’s major projects, including architect selection and design oversight. He also had an integral role with the development of Boston College’s Comprehensive Master Plan and the development of their Brighton Campus.

In 2007, Yeager was appointed a Commissioner with the Boston Landmarks Commission for the City of Boston; the official agency responsible for the stewardship of Boston’s historic buildings, places and neighborhoods. In 2017, he was elected Vice-Chair of the Commission. He also serves on its Design Committee as well as its Executive Committee, and numerous other sub-committees.

In 2017, he served on the Boston Society of Architects Harleston Parker Medal Annual Awards Jury, a ten member panel reviewing and determining Boston’s Most Beautiful Building.

He has been a member of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) for over twenty years as well as a member of the Association of University Architects (AUA), and has presented at numerous conferences. He has served as Chair of the Heritage Preservation Committee for the AUA; focused on historic academic buildings, and he co-hosted their National Conference in 2013.

Yeager majored in architecture and received his Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Virginia and received his Masters of Architecture degree at Yale University. He currently is also an adjunct faculty member of the Boston Architectural College, where he has been teaching an advanced design studio class for the past seven years.

He also is a father of two adult children who are living in Boston – both are graduates of Boston College.