Purves, Edmund Randolph, 1897-1964 - Social Networks and Archival Context (original) (raw)

Architect.

From the description of Papers of Edmund Randolph Purves, 1916-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81874930

Biographical Note

• 1897, June 20: Born, Philadelphia, Pa.
• 1917: Member, French army, American Field Service
• 1917 -1919 : Member, American Expeditionary Forces
• 1920: B.S., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
• 1920: Finalist in Paris Prize design competition
• 1926: Married Mary Carroll Spencer
• 1927: Became practicing architect
• 1927: Cofounder with Kenneth M. Day of Purves and Day architectural firm
• 1927 -1932 : Architect with Purves and Day
• 1932 -1937 : Dissolved partnership with Day in 1932 and practiced independently
• 1937 -1941 : Member, architectural firm of Purves, Cope, and Stewart
• 1941 -1945 : Served in United States Army, Seventh Air Force
• 1941 -1949 : Director, American Institute of Architects (with leave of absence for military service)
• 1949 -1961 : Executive director, American Institute of Architects
• 1961 -1962 : Consulting director, American Institute of Architects
• 1962 -1964 : Associate with Chatelain, Gauger, and Nolan
• 1964, Apr. 7: Died, Washington, D. C.

From the guide to the Edmund Randolph Purves Papers, 1916-1964, (bulk 1950-1964), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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