Bucky Fuller
Robert considers the opportunity to study as a young man under R. Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller one of the greatest privileges of his life.
R. Buckminster Fuller was a renowned 20th century inventor and visionary. He dedicated his life to making the world work for all of humanity and operated as a practical philosopher who demonstrated his ideas as inventions that he called “artifacts.” Fuller spent his life working to solve global problems surrounding housing, shelter, transportation, education, energy, ecological destruction, and poverty. Throughout the course of his life, Fuller held 28 patents, authored 28 books and received 47 honorary degrees. And while his most well know artifact, the geodesic dome, has been produced over 300,000 times worldwide, Fuller's true impact on the world today can be found in his continued influence upon generations of designers, architects, scientists, and artists working to create a more sustainable planet.