Robert Winter

Award-winning historian and author Robert W. Winter is the Arthur G. Coons Professor of the History of Ideas Emeritus at Occidental College where he chaired its History and History of Civilization programs. His many books include Hidden LA (Gibbs Smith), Toward a Simpler Way of Life: Arts and Crafts Architects of California (University of California Press), American Bungalow Style (Simon & Schuster), and the multiple editions of the seminal Guides to Architecture in Los Angeles and San Francisco (Peregrine Smith). The governor has appointed him to the California State Historic Resources Commission. A scholar of the Arts and Crafts movement, Dr. Winter has lived in Ernest Batchelder’s bungalow in Pasadena, California for 27 years.