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MacDonald Becket
MacDonald Becket was president of Welton Becket and Associates and chairman of The Becket Group, a large Los Angeles-based firm consisting of architects, planners, engineers, inter...view moreMacDonald Becket was president of Welton Becket and Associates and chairman of The Becket Group, a large Los Angeles-based firm consisting of architects, planners, engineers, interior designers, space planners and programmers, and allied specialists offering comprehensive total design services on a worldwide basis. Over the years, the firm increased the scope of its work to include almost every major building type - from convention and civic centers to hotels, corporate office buildings, and major mixed-use complexes.
Mr. Becket became a driving force in the development of architecture in Los Angeles and around the world. Two of his major roles in California were as coordinating architect for the master planning and architectural implementation of the 260-acre Century City project and in the successful renovation of the state capitol building in Sacramento. Mr. Becket was instrumental in the design and development of the 4500 seat theater, Eisenhower Hall, at West Point; the Washington, DC, Convention Center; Terminal One at the Los Angeles International Airport; the Federal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles; the Reunion Hyatt Regency in Dallas; several hotels at Orlando’s Disney World; Barclays Bank in New York, New York; and the redevelopment of the Boston Common. He expanded Becket’s development, investment, and international roles resulting in the unprecedented largest American joint venture in the People’s Republic of China with the 1006 room Great Wall Hotel in Beijing and in the former USSR with the World Trade Center in Moscow. Six major projects for the Samsung Corporation in Seoul, Korea, were also accomplished under his direction.
Mr. Becket graduated from the University of Southern California in 1952 with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and later received a certificate in business economics from the University. He currently lives with his wife, Diane, of 32 years in Phoenix, AZ, and has 4 sons, 9 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren.view less