My best friend died four years ago.

My head was spinning. My heart was halved. I didn’t know what to do. But I did know that his daughter loved architecture.

Distraught, I called up my friend Frank Gehry and asked for his advice. He said, “Why don’t you just send me her portfolio?”

Then Frank talked to her and asked, “Why don’t you just work for me?” He mentored her every summer at Gehry Partners since.

Frank Gehry, the most brilliant architect of our time, had the greatest eye and most visionary mind. But his heart? It towered over every magnificent building that will forever carry his name.

When you talk about the most creative, world changing Californians of all time, I know Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg, and Steve Jobs may first come to mind.

But always, always remember Frank Gehry. I know I will.

- Eric