Background
Stone, Edward Durell was born on March 9, 1902 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Benjamin Hicks and Ruth (Johnson) Stone.
Stone, Edward Durell was born on March 9, 1902 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Benjamin Hicks and Ruth (Johnson) Stone.
Student of University Arkansas, 1920-1923, Doctor of Fine Arts, 1951. Student Harvard Architectural School, 1925-1926, Massachusetts Institute Technology Architectural School, 1925-1927. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Arkansas, 1951.
1 son, Benjamin Hicks, III, Maria Francesca. Married 3d, Violet Campbell La Stella, June 11, 1972;Campbell. Began as architect, Boston, 1923.
Architectural design New York University School Architecture. Architect residence of Richard M. Mandel, Mount Kisco, New York, estate Henry R. Luce, Charleston, South Carolina. Associate archt. Museum Modern Art, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, International College, Beirut, Lebanon, Hotel el Panama, Panama City, R.P.
Architect U. Arkansas Medical Center. Social Security Hospital, Lima, Peru, Works include United States Embassy, New Delhi, India, Phoenicia Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon, U. Arkansas Fine Arts Center, American Pavilion, Brussels World’s Fair, Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, G.M. Building, New York, Standard Oil Building, Chicago, State University New York at Albany, National Geography Building, and other public, college, university, corporation, private buildings Professor architecture, Yale, 1946-1949. Instructor advanced design, New York University, 1935-1940.
The Church is after all a movement which sought to inject passion, direction and purpose into the spiritual lives of the people.
As human beings people find themselves as part of an unjust, sinful and violent world, which we may feel individually helpless to change. If we accept forgiveness, God can enable us to resist evil and to live life to the full.
Served as major, Headquarters A.A.F., chief planning and design-section, 1942-1945.
Married Orlean Vandiver, December 5, 1931 (divorced).; married second, Maria Torch, June 24, 1954 (divorced).; married 3d, Violet Campbell La Stella, June 11, 1972.
Children: Edward Durell, Junior.