Background
Shaw, Esmond was born on July 30, 1902 in Saba, Dutch West Indies. Son of Carl Addison and Elizabeth Anne (Pike) S., student McGill University, 1920-1922, Art Student’s League New York City, 1922-1924, New York University, 1936.
Shaw, Esmond was born on July 30, 1902 in Saba, Dutch West Indies. Son of Carl Addison and Elizabeth Anne (Pike) S., student McGill University, 1920-1922, Art Student’s League New York City, 1922-1924, New York University, 1936.
Student McGill University, 1920-1922, Art Student’s League New York City, 1922-1924, New York University, 1936.
General drafting, detail design, preliminary studies Ralph South. Gerganoff, Ypsilanti, Michigan Dean Cooper Union Art School, 1935-1956, professor architecture, head department, assistant dean School Art and Architecture, 1956-1963, dean, head department architecture, 1963-1964, dean, 1965-1968, dean emeritus, 1968-1972.
Member architect’s selection committee New York City Board Education, 1966-1970. Member citizens technical advising committee Rye (New York) Planning Commission, 1945-1946. Member lower middle income housing subcommittee Westchester County (New York) Council Social Agilysys, 1957-1958.
Member activities committee Beaux Arts Institute Design, 1955-1956.
Trustee National Institute Architectural Education, 1956-1959, Chairman of the Board, 1959-1961. Fellow A.I.A (chairman advising committee education committee 1961-1965, chairman LeBrun fellowship committee New York chapter 1966-1968.
Member other committees). Member American Arbitration Association (national panel arbitrators).
Married Enid Mary Cruickshank, December 3, 1924. Married second, Sybil Cahoon Jacobsen, June 16, 1967. Children: Jean (Mistress John O. Sheehan), Faith (Mistress Peter Harrison).