District governor plans visit

Richard and Susan Haas

District Gov. Richard Haas will speak at the Dec. 7 Roswell Rotary Club meeting, attend the club’s Board meeting, and then be hosted at a reception.

The club will meet at its regular time and place. However, Haas will meet with the Board at 4 p.m. at the Pasta Cafe, followed by a reception at 5 p.m.

The reception, also to be held at the Pasta Cafe, is open to all Roswell Rotarians. It will feature a complimentary finger food buffet and a no-host bar.

Richard joined the Las Cruces Rio Grande Rotary Club in 2010 after accepting an invitation from a close friend.

Raised in the Texas Hill Country, Richard graduated from Boerne High School and studied architecture at Texas A&M University, graduating in 1980.

He received his master’s degree in architecture from the University of Colorado in 1982.

Richard has practiced architecture in Denver, Austin, San Antonio, and Santa Fe, and for the past 28 years in Las Cruces. He also taught architecture to interior design students at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) for seven years.

He currently is president of Desert Peak Architects in Las Cruces.

In 2007, Richard received the New Mexico Architect’s Medal.

 

Richard was president of the American Institute of Architects New Mexico Chapter in 2001, 2006, and 2019.

He and his wife Susan have been married for 43 years.