Ross, Marion Dean

Born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania in 1913, Marion Dean Ross was educated at Pennsylvania State and Harvard University. He received a B.S. in architecture in 1935 at Penn State, studied at the Universidad Nacional in Mexico, and earned a Master of Architecture degree at Harvard in 1937. In 1937 Ross began teaching architectural history and design at Tulane University. In 1946, he taught at Pennsylvania State College and in 1947 Ross started teaching in the Art History Department at the University of Oregon. When the Art History Department was established in 1963, Ross became its first chairman. In 1962-63, Ross was acting Dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts. He retired from the University of Oregon in 1978. Ross participated in architectural and historic preservation organizations. His study of Oregon architecture helped in the creation of stylistic guidelines for the Oregon State Inventory of Historic Properties for the state preservation office. Influential in architectural history at the University, around the state and the nation, Ross is remembered as an important figure in the study of architectural history and historic preservation. He died April 2, 1991.

From the description of Marion Dean Ross papers, 1954-1990. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52732703

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