Remembering Gus Kellogg ’52

Former Trustee Augustus Greenleaf Kellogg III ’52 passed away on May 19, 2021. Gus, as he was known to all, served on The Frederick Gunn School’s Board of Trustees for 19 years, retiring in 2001. A loyal alumnus, he was elected Head Prefect by his peers in 1952, and went on to graduate from the Yale School of Architecture in 1964. Two years later, as a young architect with the firm of Gilbert Switzer in New Haven, Gus became the associate in charge of the new Science Building constructed on our campus and dedicated in 1967.

“It was Gus’ sincere desire to contribute more than he received, and this quickly earned for him the esteem of his classmates and the faculty,” the editors of the Red and Gray wrote in 1952, adding that Gus would be “most remembered for his outstanding and exceptional character and personality which served as a shining example to his classmates and to the School.”

As a student, Gus earned five varsity letters, one in football and two in both hockey and baseball. In his senior year, he was elected Captain of the Varsity Hockey Team and was the recipient of The Gunnery Cup. Gus also was a member of the Politics, Philosophy and Glee clubs, Octet, and the Second Century Committee. The recipient of an International School Fellowship, he spent a year in England at Clifton College following his graduation from Gunn.

Gus received his undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1957. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1961 before returning to Yale to earn his architectural degree, and complete an internship in the firm of Eero Saarinen & Associates. Gus earned his MBA from the University of New Haven. From 1964 to 1967, he worked for Gilbert Switzer and spent the next seven years with the Environmental Design Group, where he was named partner and established an awards program in conjunction with his role as a member of the Connecticut Building Congress, to encourage “cooperative and productive working relationships within the building industry,” according to a 1971 article in Connecticut Architect From 1974 to 1998, Gus served as Director of Facilities Planning at the Yale University School of Medicine. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Society for College and University Planning, and the Association of University Architects, of which he was also president. To read his obituary, visit https://bit.ly/GusKellogg.