Calvin Tsao is President of the Architectural League of New York, has served as the Vice President for Design Excellence at the AIA NY Chapter, and is a member of the Visiting Committee to Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. In 2001 Mr. Tsao was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame, and in 2009 he received the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Interior Design, along with his partner Zack McKown. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he has taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and at the Parsons School of Design, and has served as guest critic and design juror at universities and institutes nationwide. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from UC Berkeley and his Master of Architecture from Harvard University.