Background
Bunshaft, Gordon was born on May 9, 1909 in Buffalo. Son of David and Yetta (Bunshaft) Bunshaft.
Bunshaft, Gordon was born on May 9, 1909 in Buffalo. Son of David and Yetta (Bunshaft) Bunshaft.
Bachelor of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1933;
Master in Architecture (fellow), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1935;
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), University Buffalo, 1962.
Chief designer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York City, 1937-1942;
partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, until 1979;
partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Portland, Oregon, 1949-1979. Visiting committee School Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1940-1942, Harvard University, 1954-1960, Yale University, 1959-1962. Member President's Commision on Fine Arts, 1963-1972.
Former trustee Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh. Trustee, member international council Mus.Modern Art.
Gordon Bunshaft has been listed as a notable Architect by Marquis Who's Who.
Served As major C.E. Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Academician National Academy of Design. Fellow American Institute of Architects.
Member American Academy and Institute Arts and Letters, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (honorary).
Married Nina Elizabeth Wayler, December 2, 1943.
