Skidmore, Louis, 1897-1962

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Skidmore, Louis, 1897-,

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Skidmore, Louis (American architect, 1897-1962)

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Louis Skidmore

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1897-04-08

1897-04-08

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From the description of Papers of Louis Skidmore, 1908-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80974164

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1897, Apr. 8 Born, Lawrenceburg, Ind. 1911 1915 Attended Manual Training High School, Peoria, Ill. 1915 1917 Studied at Bradley Polytechnical Institute, Peoria, Ill. 1915 1919 Employed chiefly at Avery Tractor Co., Peoria, Ill. 1918 1919 Served in U.S. Army 1919 1920 Instructor in cabinet and pattern making, Pullman Free School of Manual Training, Chicago, Ill. 1920 Architectural designer with Kruckemeyer and Strong, Cincinnati, Ohio 1921 1923 Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1924 1926 Architectural designer, Maginnis and Walsh, Boston, Mass. 1926 1928 Rotch Traveling Fellowship 1929 1932 Chief of design, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Ill. 1930 Married Eloise Owings 1935 Opened architectural office of Skidmore & Owings, Chicago, Ill. 1936 1937 Director of the School of Architecture, Armour Institute, Chicago, Ill 1938 Adviser to New York's World Fair, New York, N.Y. 1962, Sept. 27 Died, Winter Haven, Fla. From the guide to the Louis Skidmore Papers, 1908-1976, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill


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