Background
Sobin, Harris Junius was born on September 5, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Newton Harrison and Rena (Pearl) Sobin.
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Sobin, Harris Junius was born on September 5, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Newton Harrison and Rena (Pearl) Sobin.
AB, Harvard University, 1953. Juris Doctor, 1956; Master of Architecture, 1961.
Designer Amaral & Morales, Hato Rey, 1959—1961. Researcher, lecturer Architectural Association, London, 1962—1966. Design consultant Urban Renewal & Housing Corporation, Rio Piedras, 1967—1968.
Assistant professor University Puerto Rico, 1967—1970, University Arizona, Tucson, 1970—1978. Professor, since 1978. Visiting associate professor Harvard Graduate School Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976—1977.
Research consultant Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, 1980, Eureka Laboratories, Inc., Sacramento, 1981, Florida Solar Energy Center, Cape Canaveral, 1982—1983. Director Industrial Development Authority, Florence, Arizona, History Preservation Program, 1973—1982. Historic consultant, Tucson, Arizona Department Transportation, 1988—1989.
Board directors El Tiradito Foundation, Tucson. Member; acting chairman Committee to Restore The Chapel of the Gila, Tucson, 1979—1983. Member of American Institute of Architects (design award citation southern Arizona chapter 1988).
Married Francoise Carmen Sanz, June 20, 1964. Children: Anne-Christine, Isabelle Rena.