Background
White, Lawrence Grant was born on September 26, 1887 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Stanford and Bessie Springs (Smith) White.
White, Lawrence Grant was born on September 26, 1887 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Stanford and Bessie Springs (Smith) White.
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Harvard, 1907. Diploma Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, 1913. Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Union College.
Began as architect, 1914. Member McKim, Mead & White since 1919, now senior partner. Principal works: Pennsylvania R.R. Station, Newark, New Jersey.
52 Wall Street, New York. Regimental Barracks, Governors Island, New York, Hotel National, Havana, Cuba. Girard Trust Company Offices, Philadelphia Director Garden City Company, Hempstead Plains Company.
Trustee Manhattan Electrical Engineer & T. Hospital, New York, Metropolitan Museum Art. Tiffany Foundation; president National Academy of Design. Trustee Parsons School of Design.
Member Smithsonian Art Commission. Vice president National Sculpture Society.
Served as Lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve Force, World War I. Fellow American Institute Architects, Society Architects Diplomes by French Government, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard, Century Association (New York).
Married Laura Astor Chanler, June 19, 1916. Children: Frederick Lawrence Peter, Elizabeth Stuyvesant, Robert Winthrop, Alida Mary, John Chanler, Cynthia Margaret, Sarah Matilda, Ann Octavia.