University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design records 1916-

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University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design records 1916-

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In the fall of 1913, Goldwin Goldsmith became the first Professor and Head of Architecture at the University of Kansas. Under Goldsmith, Kansas joined a select group of fifteen “accredited” schools of architecture, out of the forty that then existed in the nation. By 1922, Kansas was listed among the top schools by the Beaux Arts Institute of Design. After Goldsmith, Joseph Kellogg became Chair of Architecture. By then, KU began to move away from the Beaux Arts method of teaching design towards the practices of the so-called Chicago School of thought. In 1962, Eugene George became Chair of Architecture. In 1967, the National Architecture Accrediting Board (NAAB) recommended that the Architecture Program at KU become an autonomous school of the University and separate from the School of Engineering. In 1968, Charles Kahn, a Professor of Architecture at North Carolina State University in Raleigh became the first Dean of the new School of Architecture and Urban Design. During Kahn’s tenure at Kansas the new school grew significantly in numbers of both students and faculty. In the 1980s, under Dean Max Lucas, the School received two bequests that created endowed professorships; The J.L. Constant Chair and the Don and Mary Bole Hatch Chair. Today, the School has architectural study-abroad programs in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark and Spain. The KU Architecture Program achieved national recognition in the 1980s and was ranked among the top ten programs in the United States.

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives

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Gaunt, John, translator

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Beal, George Malcolm, 1897-

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George Malcolm Beal was born in 1899 in Topeka, Kansas. He attended Topeka High School (1914-1918) and served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1920. He returned to school, attending the University of Kansas to study architecture. He graduated in 1923 with a B.S. in architecture and another B.S. in architectural engineering. He continued his studies at the University of Kansas in 1925 and subsequently was hired by the University as an assistant professor of architecture. In 192...

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George, Eugene

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Architect, educator, and author; b. Walter Eugene George, Jr., in 1922. From the description of Papers, 1958-1976. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70961049 Alternating a professional and academic career, Eugene George has maintained an architectural practice in Austin, Texas since the 1950s, and has taught at universities in Texas and Kansas. He has been involved in several historic preservation projects, and served ...

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Schwartzkopf, Lynn William

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Kellogg, Joseph M. (Joseph Mitchell), 1885-

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Joseph M. Kellogg received his Bachelors degree in Architecture in 1909 and his Masters degree in Architecture in 1912 from Cornell University. He joined the faculty of the University of Kansas in 1922 as a Professor of Architectural Design. Kellogg retired in 1956 and died in 1963. From the guide to the Personal Papers of Joseph M. Kellogg, 1909-1958, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives) Captain Joseph Kellogg (1812-1903) ...

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Curtis Wray Besinger, born Stanberry, MO, June 12, 1914, died Lawrence, KS, December 12, 1999. Bachelor of Science in architecture at KU in 1936. 3 years working with Joseph Radotinsky and other architects in Kansas City. Joined Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship in 1939. As a Junior Apprentice he worked on construction projects, participated in musical programs, directed the chorus, and assisted in the drafting room. During World War II, as a conscientious objector, he spent ...

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Kahn, Charles H.

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Charles Howard Kahn was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. In 1952, he joined the faculty at North Carolina State University as an instructor in Civil Engineering. He was appointed Associate Professor of Design in 1959. Kahn remained at North Carolina State University until 1968, when he left for the University of Kansas. Kahn's research focused on thin-shell structures and membranes of long-span roofs for buildings. Notably, he designed North Carolina State University's Carter-Finley Stadium. T...