A native of Chicago, he began his career working in the office of CF Murphy, now Murphy/Jahn, while Gene Summers led the office. Gene worked directly with Mies Van Der Rohe on several important buildings, including the Seagrams Building in New York and Bicardi Building in Mexico City. Garrick's favorite residential buildings include the Robie House by Wright, the Farnsworth House by Mies, Villa Savoy by Le Corbusier and the Gropius House in Lincoln. Garrick lives with his wife Dorothy, daughter Martha, and their wire fox terrier in a modernist house he designed in Lincoln.