[1][2] He returned to the United States for a position at Harvard, then accepted an associate professorship at Princeton University in 1983.
[1][2] Ralph Lerner Architect PC was established in Princeton the following year.
[1] He was appointed dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture in 1989, two years after becoming a full professor.
[1][2] Lerner was designated George Dutton ’27 Professor of Architecture in 1994, and was succeeded as dean by Stan Allen in 2002.
[1][2] Lerner resigned from HKU in April 2011 for health reasons,[1][3] and returned to the United States.