Deane Rykerson grew up hiking and sailing in the Hudson River Valley with a mother from Ecuador and a father from Dodge City, Kansas.  With a Regent's scholarship, Deane graduated from the State University at Stony Brook with a major in history.  He then attended the Boston Architectural College and obtained a Bachelor of Architecture degree after seven years of night classes while working at several Boston architectural firms.  He earned his architectural license and became active in the Boston Society of Architects, serving as Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Architects for Social Responsibility,  and workshop organizer for the Historic Resources Committee.  After receiving a Master of Design Studies degree at Harvard University, he started his architectural firm, Rykerson Architecture.  

Deane moved to Kittery Point, in 2002 and designed a sustainable house and office where he presently works.  He is married to Wendy Pomeroy, landscape designer and artist, has two grown sons and a twelve year old daughter.  He is presently active in the American Lighthouse Foundation and the Gundalow Company, teaches courses at the Kittery Center for Adult Education, and serves on the Kittery Foreside Design Review.  He enjoys sailing, hiking, biking, making things, and playing a variety of stringed instruments.