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THE ARCHI Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity • Architecture and the Allied Professions THE ARCHI Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity • Architecture and the Allied Professions Volume XXXIV WINTER, 1956 No.1 Alpha Rho Chi at New W. G. E. and Archi Editor Home and Abroad Assume Offices in 1955 Smith at Base of the Pyramids Richard E. Murray, Jf., who was 1954, he was elected president of the Howard Dwight Smith, Demetrios unanimously elected to the office of Fraternity's 24th National Conven­ Honorary, last summer accepted a W.G.E. at the 24th National Conven­ tion which met in Columbus. In nom­ grant under the Fulbright Act to lec­ tion of Alpha Rho Chi, assumed the inating him to the 'Grand Council ture at Alexandria University in post on July 23, 1955. post, retiring \V.O.E. George Whitten Egypt. "I feel very humble going to the base of the pyramids to try to tell Egyptians something about architec­ ture," said the 69 year old scholar, when the award was announced in July. He and Mrs. Smith will be in Alexandria through the early part of June, 1956, and will then return home. The Smiths are familiar with the coun-. try as they visited there in 1952 on an educational travel tour. The scope of the Alexandria lec­ tures includes courses in architectural philosophy (the role of architecture in community organization, the contribu­ tions architecture can make to social objectives and architectural aesthetics) for fourth year and graduate students, and seminars for graduate students John R. Liimatainen Richard E. Murray, Jr. and faculty members. The grantee is participating in conferences and de­ Brother Murray, a Demetrios alum­ aptly called Murray "well qualified for livering lectures to professional so­ nus, received the degree Bachelor of this office." cieties, including the Association of Architecture from Ohio State Uni­ In July, W.G.A. Robert Calrow Engineers and the Syndicate of Engi­ versity in 1951. After graduation, he announced that John Richard Liima­ neers in both Alexandria and Cairo. was emnloved as a civilianconstruc­ tainen, of Columbus, Ohio, had ac­ Mr. Smith's forty years' experience tion engin~er by the Missouri River cepted appointment as editor of the in the practjce of architecture and his Division, Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Archi, succeeding John J. Zimmer­ thirty years of teaching before his re­ Nebraska. A reserve officer, he was man. cent retirement from Ohio State Uni­ called to active duty in the U. S. versity qualified him for this service The new editor, a graduate of Ohio Army Corps of Engineers in Decem­ State University with the degree Bach­ in the near East. Mr. Smith earned ber, 1951. He saw overseas service, elor of Architecture, has edited the two degrees in architecture-one from being stationed in K 0 rea for 13 Demetrios Crescent, the alumni news­ Ohio State in 1907 and another from months, as company commander. letter of the Ohio State chapter. Now Columbia University in 1910, where Released from active duty in Sep­ the secretary-treasurer of the Deme­ he won a traveling scholarship which tember, 1953, Nlurray returned to trios Alumni Association, he served took him abroad in 1911. He was in Ohio State University, enrolling in the the office of John Russell Pope before as W.S. and W.E. in the active chap­ College of Commerce. On March 9, ter. joining the Ohio State faculty in 1918 1955, he received the degree Bache­ Greatly interested in the Fraternity, as professor of architecture. After lor of Science in Business Administra­ he attended the 22nd Convention at three years he left the University for tion. He has since been associated Champaign, the initiation of Master other employment but returned in with the office of the University Architect John W. Root at Chicago 1,929 in the capacity of University Architect at Ohio State, in Columbus. in 1951, and the installation of Vitru­ Architect, and Professor in the De­ While an undergraduate at the Uni­ vius Chapter in 1955. partment-later the School-of Archi­ versity, Murray served as Worthy Es­ tecture and Landscape Architecture. timator of the Demetrios Chapter for While in college, he worked on (Continued on page 4) more than two years. In December, (Continued on page 4) Page Two THE ARCHI Winter, 1956 ALPHA RHO CHI Elevated to Fellow by A.I.A. in 1955 Alpha Rho Chi is a na­ tional professional frater­ nity limiting its member­ ship to students of archi­ tecture and the allied pro­ fessions. Founded at the Universities of Illinois and Michigan Oil April 11, 1914, to organize and unite in fellowship the architectural students. in the universities and colleges of Amenca, and to combine their efforts, so as to pro­ mote the artistic, scientific, and practical efficiency of the younger members of the profession. Charter member of the Pro­ w;~:, fessional Interfraternity Conference, or­ Karl Fred Kamrath John Noble Richards Dewey Anderson Somdal ganized in 1928. Houston, Texas Maumee, Ohio Shreveport, La. The Grand Council For Design For Public Service For Design, Service to the Institute, Public Service Robert F. Calrow, W.G.A., 4828 Gar­ Photos courtesy of the American Institute of Architects field Ave. S., IMinneapolis, Minn. Richard E. Murray. Jf., W.G.E., Box 3092, University Station, Columbus had previousiy been a VISItIng fellow 10, Ohio. Named G.C.Deputy James T. Lendrum, W.G.S., 21 Green­ at the Academy from 1924 to 1926 croft Rd., Champaign, Ill. when he held the Robinson Travel­ Dale Benedict, G.L., 1629 Broadway for Michigan ling Fellowship from Harvard. North, Seattle 2, Wash. Dwight P. Ely, G.A., 40 South Third An architect and educator, Ham­ St., Columbus 15, Ohio. Grand Council Deputy for Mich­ mett received his B.S. from the Uni­ Winthrop M. Wadsworth, N.I., 2525 Du­ igan is Ralph W. Hammett (Mnesicles pont Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. versity of Minnesota in 1919, and his '19), of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Al­ Master of Architecture from Harvard Depu~es Grand Council though the latest of G. C. Deputy ap­ in 1923. He taught at the University Frank H. Baden, 27 Portugese Bend Rd., pointees, Hamnlett actually has car­ of Washington and the Armour In­ Palos Verdes, California. ried out the duties of the position Marion A. Carter, 1808 Kent St., Co­ stitute of Technology before joining lumbus 5, Ohio. without title for a long time. the faculty of the University of Mich­ M. Robert D'esMarais, 525 Sparks St., igan. He was the designer of the Cook State College, Pa. George F. Fritzinger, 9705 W. Main St., County Criminal Court and Jail build­ Belleville, Illinois. ings, and the interior of the Lincoln Ralph W. Hammett, 1425 Pontiac Road, Tomb in Springfield, Illinois. A prac­ Ann Arbor, ,Michigan. ticing architect since 1936, he has de­ J. Girard Ingels, 5633 Willow St., Seat­ tle 8, Washington. signed several churches and chapels D'Onald M. Mayne, 4321 Shenandoah, in Michigan. He recently saw com­ Dallas 5, Texas. pleted the new building for the Lu­ Winthrop M. Wadsworth, 2525 Dupont theran Student Foundation in Ann Ave. S., Minneapolis 5, Minn. Raoul W. Wilkins, 1105 Hollins Rd., Arbor. ,Richmond 26, Virginia. In 1944-45 Hammett served a The Ar'chi military government officer in charge John R. Liimatainen, Editor, Box 3092, of monum.ents, fine art~ and archive. University Station, COiUlnbl1S, Ohio. in France, Belgium, and Holland. He Active C'hapter's is a member of the Military Govern­ ANDRONICUS - University of South­ ern California, 710 W. 28th St., Los ment Association, the Lutheran Stu­ Angeles 7, California. dent Foundation, Tau Sigma Delta, ANTHEMIOS - University of Illinois, Tau Beta Pi, Acacia, Scarab, Alpha 1108 South First St., Champaign, Illi­ Rho Chi, the AlA, and the Michigan nois. Society of Architects, of which he DEMETRIOS - Ohio State University, was director in 1946-47. He is au­ 101 East 12th Avenue, Columbus 1, Ralph W. Hammett Ohio. thor of "The Romanesque of Western IKTINOS-University of Michigan, 640 Europe," and "Architectural History· Oxford Rd., Ann Arbor, Michigan. Professor Hammett recently spent KALLIKRATES-University of Vir­ Study Guides," a contributor to Col­ ginia, A.P.X. Box, Fayerweather Hall. a year in Europe, on leave from his lier's Encyclopedia and professional Charlottesville, Virginia. post at the University of Michigan's journals, and is a member of the MNESICLES - University of Minneso­ College of Architecture and Design. American Association of Architec­ ta, 605 Ontario St., S.E., Minneapolis, Following an extensive tour of Portu­ Minn. tural Historians. VITRUVIUS - Pennsylvania State Uni­ gal, Spain, France, and Italy, in the versity. 220 Foster Ave., State College, Fall of 1953, Mr. and Mrs. Hammett Brother Hammett and wife, the Pa. spent the remainder of the academic former Gladys Brouillard, who were THE ARCHI is the official exoteric publication year in Rome, where Professor Ham­ married in 1928, live in a charming of Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity. Address all cor­ mett was visiting resident in architec­ century-old house at 1425 Pontiac respondence to The Archi, Box 3092, University Station, Columbus, Ohio. ture at the American Academy. He Road, in Ann Arbor. Winter, 1956 THE ARCHI Page Three A.I.A. Fellows Honor Fuller Plans Minni-Earth Professor Ronan The Archi is indebted to the M nesicles Breeze Professor Wilbert C. Ronan, Deme­ and the Min n e a polis trios Honorary, has been awarded a Tribune for portions of citation by the Col'lege of Fellows of the following article. the American In­ R.. Buckminster Fuller, stitute of Archi­ emin en t industrial de­ tects in recogni­ signer, initiated as an tion of important honorary m e m b e r of contributions Mnesicles C h a pt e r in made to the pro­ May, 1954, was at the fession of archi­ University of Minnesota tee t u r e through in November for a effectiveness in month of lectures and teaching.
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