Howard Hamilton Mackey, Sr.

Background

Sr., Howard Hamilton Mackey, was born on November 25, 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Bardon and Anna (Wills) M.

Education

B. Architect, University Pennsylvania, 1924. M. Architect, University Pennsylvania, 1937. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Howard University, 1980.

Career

Teacher architecture, design, urban planning and tropical architecture Howard University, 1924-1973, acting head, department architecture, 1930-1937, head, 1937-1971, head program city planning, 1967-1971. Associate dean Howard University (School Engineering and Architecture), 1964-1965. Founder, dean Howard University (School Architecture and City Planning), 1970-1971.

In private practice Philadelphia, Washington, since 1935. Staff civil engineering department University Maryland. Associate Building Research Advisory Board, since 1966.

Housing and town planning consultant to British Guiana and Surinam, 1954-1957. Architectural consultant United States General Services Administration, 1971. United States delegate Inter-American (Pan-American) Housing Conference, Bogota, Colombia, 1956.

United States member planning committee, speaker Town and Country Development Planning Conference, Trinidad, British West Indies, 1956. Consultant to embassies, Ghana, Nigeria and India, Washington. Representative Pleasant Plains Citizens Association, Citizens' Council on Community Planning, Washington.

Member citizens advisory zoning committee District of Columbia Commissioners. Howard University representative 6th world congress International Union Architects, London, 1961. Architectural design panel Baltimore Community Renewal and Housing Agency, 1964-1968.

Design advisory committee Federal Housing Administration honor awards in residential design, 1964. Howard University representative 8th World Congress International Union Architects, Paris, 1965. Member design advisory panel Department Housing and Community Development, Baltimore, 1968-1971.

Member District of Columbia Board Examiners and Registrars Architects, 1969-1977, District of Columbia Board Zoning Adjustment, 1971-1973. Member joint committee Fine Arts Commission and National Capital Planning Commission on Landmarks of Nation's Capital, 1970-1973.

Achievements

• Howard Hamilton Mackey, Senior has been listed as a notable architect, planner, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Junior Police, Citizens' Corps, Teen-Age Center for Girls, all Washington. Fellow American Institute of Architects (college of fellows, delegate 11th Pan American Congress Architects 1965). Member Association Collegiate Schools Architecture, Washington Building Congress (governor, metropolitan planning committee.

Transportation committee), Metropolitan Washington Board Trade (community planning committee), National Council for Advancement Negro in Architecture (trustee), National Technology Association, National Builders Association, American Association University Professors, Architectural League New York, Omega Psi Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Tau Sigma Delta.

Connections

Married Matilda Eleanor Kendricks, July 2, 1925. 1 son, Howard Hamilton.

Father:

Henry Bardon M.

Mother:

Anna (Wills) M.

Spouse:

Matilda Eleanor Kendricks