Kearns, Richard

Person

Staff Only

Biography

Richard K. Kearns served as the first executive director of the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach from 1980-1983. He received his BA from Washington and Lee University, and an MA in planning and urban design from University of Virginia. Prior to his work with the Preservation Foundation, he served as Preservation Administrator for Historic Annapolis, Inc., in Annapolis, MD, and worked with the Miami Design Preservation League to preserve the Old Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District. Following his role as executive director for the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, he became the hospital vice president of Columbia Presbuterian Medical Center. He married Sarah Latham Kearns in 1981.

His work with the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach included leading numerous town-serving projects and litigation, such as the "Crisis Overhead" campaign to manage noise pollution caused by air traffic at Palm Beach International Airport, and the 1981 building moratorium for the Town of Palm Beach.

Occupations

Executive Director/President & CEO

Places

Palm Beach (Residence)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Richard Kearns Papers

Collection — Box: RK

Identifier: RK-00

Scope and Contents The Richard Kearns Papers (1971-1985) contain the records documenting the work completed by Kearns in his role as Executive Director of the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach between 1980-1983. Materials include correspondence, personal handwritten notes on projects, memoranda drafted by Kearns, and internal institutional records for the Preservation Foundation. Also included in the collection are research documents, newspaper clippings, court briefings, Town of Palm Beach town...

Dates: 1971 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1983

Found in: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach / Richard Kearns Papers