Edward Pickard Obituary

After reading the other posts, I ordered his book fond memories, while reading it the memory listed as Paul, that is me. First time I met him, my brother and I were camped out on Red Creek near Ramsey Springs. He arrived after dark and we had two wood ducks on a spit over the fire. He inquired as to what we were cooking and included that he had two six packs of beer that he would trade for one. My brother looked him in the eye and said: you can have both of them. We hunted a lot over about a 2 year period of time. At that moment I didn't know what an Architect was. Ended up my career working as a Construction Administrator for Architects and Engineers. The last time I went to make contact with him, he was no longer living in Ocean Springs and had divorced and moved back to Biloxi.

Ed and I hunted together on black creek when I was a lot younger to say the least. Ed and I were on a deer stand north of Vancleave when I killed my first deer. He had a remarkable run. The last time I saw him was he was a guest professor at Mississippi State. My wife and I had him out to the house for dinner. Was thinking of him today and goggled his name. Didn´t realize he had passed.

Hello - I am sorry to hear of Ed's passing. He was my favorite professor at CalPoly Pomona (1997-2002). I tried to reach out to him the past few years to stay in contact with him but I was unable to find any way to reach him. I googled his name today and came across this website as news of his death. I also found that he wrote a book "Fond Memories" available on amazon. In it he recalls stories of our classroom experiences with him. Ed was very personal and took sincere interest in me as a person and student. He even invited me out to grab a drink together after class on one occasion, which looking back I wish I would have taken him up on his offer. My son Tanner is currently studying architecture and is visiting the 'Rural Studio' this week on a class field trip... this is the reason I thought of searching again on the web for Ed today... - Mark Guerrero

Ed was a renaissance man. It was an honor to know him.

I was just thinking of one of my favorite and outstanding professors in college. Googled Ed Pickard today. And discovered his passing. You will be missed. I will remember you for your charm and brilliant mind. R.I.P. to my favorite college professor(2000, Cal Poly Pomona)

You will be missed! Love Kay