Afterwards, he moved to the Dominion of Newfoundland where he worked as Chief Technical Advisor of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Reconstruction.
The Newfoundland government assigned him the task of designing workshop furniture for the agricultural community of Markland.
The onset World War II ended the government's economic reconstruction programs and Gottschalk's work.
He became a professor of industrial design at the new Modernist style West Campus of Pima Community College.
The result was beautifully proportioned work that embraced and embodied both the Southwestern aesthetic and Modern design principles.