Ernest Born graduated from University of California, Berkeley’s School of Architecture in 1922, earning his master’s degree the following year. An accomplished artist as well as architect, Born’s designs include exhibits, murals, and building design for the 1939-40 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, residences, warehouses, offices, and showrooms. He drafted the signs for the BART system, designed furniture and books, painted in oils and watercolor, and produced illustrations and art prints. Born was a professor in the UC Berkeley School of Architecture, a member of the A.I.A. He devoted a decade to the design and illustrations of the book the Plan of St. Gall with author Walter Horn. He was married to Esther Baum Born, who also graduated from the Architecture School at Berkeley and became an architectural photographer.