Background
Laing, Alan Kemp was born on January 3, 1902 in Gladstone, Michigan, United States. Son of Peter and Sophie (Kemp) Laing.
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Alan Kemp Laing
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Alan Kemp Laing, emeritus architecture educator. Trustee Wesley Foundation, University Illinois, 1956-1961; board directors Clark Lindsey Village, Urbana, 1973-1986, University Young Men’s Christian Association, Urbana, 1954-1960. Fellow American Institute of Architects (president central Illinois chapter 1945-1946, Service award Illinois council 1978); member Society Architectural Historians (editor journal. 1945-1949), Rotary.
Education
Bachelor of Arts Denver, 1923. Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1926. AM, Harvard University, 1959.
Career
From assistant professor to professor architecture, U. Cincinnati, 1926-1940; professor architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1940-1971; department chairman architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1954-1961; acting chairman, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1965; professor architecture emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1971. Advisory county Illinois Sites and buildings Committee, Springfield, 1969-1976. Advising committee Illinois State Capitol Complex, Springfield, 1974-1977.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Wesley Foundation, University Illinois, 1956-1961. Board directors Clark Lindsey Village, Urbana, 1973-1986, University Young Men’s Christian Association, Urbana, 1954-1960. Fellow American Institute of Architects (president central Illinois chapter 1945-1946, Service award Illinois council 1978).
Member Society Architectural Historians (editor journal. 1945-1949), Rotary.
Connections
Married Leonarda Fisher, August 22, 1929 (deceased 1989).
Education
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1923
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1926
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1959