George Haag

Background

Haag was born in July 14, 1910 in Philadelphia.

Education

He attended Abington High School and earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania"s School of Fine Arts in 1934, and was affiliated with the university’s architectural society in 1933.

Career

Haag joined the American Institute of Architects in 1945, and was named a fellow there in 1966. He worked as a draftsman from June 1936 to June 1937 at the offices of Edmund George Good, 915 Second Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and transferred to work at Bernigner & Bower, 304 York Road, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, as a senior draftsman from January 1937 to September 1939. Thereafter he practiced in Ivyland under his own name until February 1942 when he served in the United States. Navy during World World War World War II The firm worked from 445 Cedar Street, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046.

He was licensed to practice in Delaware, Florida, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, before being nationally certified.

In additional, Haag was also a lecturer at Dartmouth College in 1969, a panelist and moderator for many programs on school plant design and architectural discussions. Haag served on the executive committee of Buckinghamshire County, Pennsylvania, the Boys Scouts of American in 1962, the planning committee of Ivyland from 1964 onwards, and was on an adviser for the government advisory committee to the State Board of Education in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from 1964-1969.

Haag served in the United States. Navy as a Lieutenant Commander from 1942 to 1945. In 1970, he lived on Green Meadows, Ivyland, Pennsylvania 18974.

Membership

Haag served as president of the Buckinghamshire County American Institute of Architects Chapter from 1961–1962, a board member of the Pennsylvania Society of Architects from 1961–1965, treasurer there in 1962, vice president there in 1963, president there in 1964, and regional director of Pennsylvania from 1966-1969. On the national level reflecting his chapter origins in a wealthy county, he was the chairman of the American Institute of Architects fund-raising committee from 1966–1968, chairman of the headquarters committee from 1966–1968, and chairman of the task force on Turnkey in 1968, and member of the finance committee in 1968 as well as several other committees.

Connections

Partner:

Paul Theodore d'Entremont