Osborne, Milton S., 1897-1972

Milton S. Osborne, born in 1897 in Zanesville, Ohio, received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Ohio State (1922) and Columbia (1925), and a master's degree from Columbia (1928). He was associate professor of architecture at Alabama Polytechnic in Auburn, Alabama (1925-1929), and directed the School of Architecture at the University of Manitoba for seventeen years (1929-1946) before joining the faculty at Penn State (1946-1962). At Penn State, he headed the School of Architecture while maintaining a private practice, gaining national recognition for his architectural sketches and work rejuvenating business districts. Together with his wife, the interior designer Sophia N. Bookwalter Osborne, they redesigned the Eisenhower Farm at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He donated his sketches to the Library of Congress and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. He retired with emeritus status and continued his architectural practice until his death in 1972.