he was married to the writer and media scholar anne friedberg, author of "the virtual window". until her death in 2009; they have one son, tristan rodman. their house, the 1957 john lautner "zahn residence," has been widely published. their work with lautner in restoring it was chronicled in the february 2002 issue of "dwell" magazine. in june 2017 he wed the artist and professor mary beth heffernan.