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C O U RT E S Y O F T H E H E R S H FA M I LY
R O B E RT J U S T I N H E R S H
THE LEGACY OF ROBERT HERSH
MEB ARCHITECT
B Y PA U L H A R A S I M
Robert Justin Hersh, an associate principal at TSK
Architects, didn’t have much time to leave a legacy that
would last well into the future. He was only 35 years old
when he died last October as a result of complications
from a stroke. Yet, he left a lasting legacy.
A two-time UNLV graduate, Hersh served as the
architectural project manager for the completed Kirk
Kerkorian Medical Education Building.
“Robert was so passionate about the design of the
building,” Windom Kimsey, president of TSK Architects,
says. “He really cared. You can train the technical, but
you can’t train passion and thirst for knowledge. He
took things personally. When you design a building, you
have consultants, contractors, who sometimes look to
do things differently. He wanted to make sure our ideas
and thoughts were executed as much as possible. We
worked a lot of hours into the night and on weekends.
The building was completed ahead of schedule and
under budget.”
Kimsey and Hersh’s twin sister, Felicia Lindquist, with the
support of dozens of friends and family, came together
to create an endowed scholarship in Hersh’s memory.
The Robert J. Hersh Memorial Scholarship will exist
in perpetuity to help aspiring medical professionals at
UNLV receive their education in the building that meant
so much to him.
For those interested in contributing to the scholarship,
please communicate with Annette Carter, senior director
of development at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine
at UNLV, via email (annette.carter@unlv.edu), or call her
at 702-823-3767.
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