Owings, Nathaniel Alexander, 1903-

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1903-02-05
Death 1984-06-13
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Architect and engineer; died 1984.

From the description of Nathaniel Alexander Owings papers, 1911-1983 (bulk 1960-1980). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982653

Biographical Note

1903, Feb. 5 Born, Indianapolis, Ind. 1921 1922 Student, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. 1927 B.S., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 1931 Married Emily Otis (divorced 1953) 1936 1984 Founding partner, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill 1948 1951 Chairman, Chicago Planning Commission, Chicago, Ill. 1954 Married Margaret Wentworth 1962 1964 Chairman, President's Advisory Council on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 1964 1973 Chairman, President's Temporary Commission on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 1967 1970 Chairman, Control Urban Design Concept Team for Interstate Highway System, Baltimore, Md. 1969 Published The American Aesthetic (New York: Harper & Row. 198 pp.) 1970 1972 Chairman, Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings, and Monuments 1973 Published The Spaces in Between: An Architect's Journey (Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 303 pp.) 1983 Awarded the American Institute of Architects' Gold Medal 1984, June 13 Died, Santa Fe, N.Mex.

From the guide to the Nathaniel Alexander Owings Papers, 1911-1983, (bulk 1960-1980), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Architectural firms
  • Architecture
  • Architecture
  • Architecture
  • Architecture
  • City planning
  • City planning
  • City planning
  • City planning
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Historic preservation
  • Historic preservation
  • Hopi Indians
  • Kachina dolls
  • Monterey Peninsula (Calif.)
  • Roadside improvement
  • Roadside improvement
  • Urban beautification
  • Urban beautification

Occupations:

  • Architect
  • Engineers

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.) (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.) (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)

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