Stanley Saitowitz, architect of Beth Shalom in San Francisco, has practiced and taught architecture for more than 45 years. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and received his Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Witwatersrand in 1974 and his Masters in Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley in 1977. Stanley Saitowitz/Natoma Architects Inc. has completed numerous residential, commercial and institutional buildings and projects which have been extensively published and awarded. He is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at UC Berkeley and has taught and lectured extensively in the US and abroad.