Kerr, Frank

Francis (Frank) K. Kerr was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 22, 1914. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1935, having moved from Montreal in 1923. He attended George Washington University and received a B. Arch. in 1938 from that institution.

He began his architectural career as an architectural aide in the FHA (Federal Housing Administration) in Washington, D.C., remaining with that organization as an underwriter and cost engineer until 1946. After practicing for a year with an architectural firm in Washington, D.C., he was commissioned to do design work for the noted firm of Hills, Gilbertson and Hayes in 1948, and re-located to Minneapolis, MN.

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