Raymond joins Schaefer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Continue reading below to learn about him!

1. Most prized possession/what you couldn’t live without (outside of family and friends)?

My collection of books, especially the second edition of the works of Alexander Pope, are my most prized possessions.

2. What are your hobbies?

I like to write; I mostly spend my time writing science fiction poems in unrhymed and slant rhymed meter. I also read literature related to poetry, physics and history.

3. What’s your biggest pet peeve?

My biggest pet peeve is overly loud and distracting background noise.

4. What’s your signature dish to cook for family and friends?

I love to cook is spanakopita.

5. If you weren’t in structural engineering, what would you be?

I would likely be a programmer or mechanical engineer.

6. What’s on your bucket list?

I want to travel + visit Europe.

7. Quote to live by.

“And what is else not to be overcome?” – Satan in “Paradise Lost”

8. Fun fact about yourself.

I once randomly studied druids over the course of COVID-19 due to boredom, and I am now convinced that they were a fiction created by Caeser to justify expansion into the Gallic territories.

9. What would you sing at karaoke?

Anything Motown will get me to the stage.

10. If you could design a structure anywhere in the world, where would it be?

I would want to design a structure in Germany.