Background
Swanke, Albert Homer was born on November 22, 1909 in Thomasville, Georgia, United States. Son of John Christian and Stella (Williams) Swanke.
Swanke, Albert Homer was born on November 22, 1909 in Thomasville, Georgia, United States. Son of John Christian and Stella (Williams) Swanke.
Bachelor of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1930. Student, Beaux Arts Institute Design, New York City, 1931.
Trainee Flagg, Embury and Ballard, New York City, 1931-1935. Architect New York State Insurance Department, 1936-1942, Alfred Easton Poor, 1946. Associate Walker & Poor, Architects, 1947-1952.
Partner Office of Alfred Easton Poor-Archs./Engineers, New York City, 1952-1971, Poor and Swanke & Partners, New York City, 1972-1975. Managing partner Poor, Swanke, Hayden & Connell, Architects, 1975-1979. Senior partner Swanke Hayden Connell & Partners, 1979-1981.
Consultant Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, 1981-1996. Trustee, chairman architectural review board Historic Savannah Foundation. Member Village of Larchmont Architectural Board Review, 1963-1969, chairman, 1968-1969.
Trustee Larchmont Manor Park Society, 1962-1969, Architects Emergency Committee, 1956-1976. Member board design Extension of Capitol Project, Washington, 1956-1979. Alternate member coordinating board Additional House Office Building Project, Capitol Hill, 1955-1960.
Alternate member architectural advisory board Johns Hopkins University, 1961-1970.
Trustee, member executive committee New York Medical College, Flower and 5th Avenue Hospitals, 1963-1979, Westchester Medical Center Development Board, 1969-1973. Board managers American Society Prevention Cruelty to Animals, 1976-1979, director emeritus, 1980-1996. Member American Arbitration Association, 1971-1980.
Member architectural advisory board Archdiocese of New York, 1979-1996. Served as lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Fellow American Institute of Architects, American Society Registered Architects.
Member National Academy of Design (associate), New York Society Architects, New York Bldg Congress, Society Architectural Historians, Navy League United States, Society Cincinnati, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Delta Epsilon. Clubs: University (New York City). Metropolitan (Washington).
Boston (New Orleans).
Married Margaret Anne Twaddell, August 11, 1936 (deceased 1968). 1 son, Albert Homer; married Dorothy Pratt Williams, February 7, 1969.
