Background
Roomann, Hugo was born on March 25, 1923 in Tallinn, Estonia. Son of Eduard August and Annette (Kask) Roomann. came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1957.
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Hugo Roomann
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Bachelor of Science, Institute of Technology Carolo Wilhelmina, Braunschweig, West Germany, 1950. Master of Fine Arts in Architect (scholar 1956-1957), Princeton University, 1957.
Career
Architectural engineer, Austin Company, Roselle, New Jersey, 1951-1954;
architectural designer, Epple & Seaman, Newark, 1954-1955, 57-61;
proprietor, Hugo Roomann, Cranford and Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1961-1966;
partner, A.M. Kinney Associations (Architects and Engineers), Cincinnati, New York City and Chicago, 1966-1989. Director architecture, vice president corporation operations A.M. Kinney, Inc., Cincinnati, 1967, 77,89. Director Walter Kidde Constructors, Inc., 1973, A.M. Kinney, Inc., A.M. Kinney Associations Inc., Chicago.
President Design Art Corporation, 1986.
Achievements
Membership
President Citizens League, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1966, Estonian Heritage Assn.Cin., 1991-1994. Board directors, president Inter-Ethnic Council of Greater Cincinnati, 1992-1995. Member American Institute of Architects (Ohio chapter award for Renton K. Brodie Science Center 1971, for NALCO Center 1980), Cincinnati Preservation Association, Princeton Club.
Connections
Married Raja R. Suursoho, September 15, 1945. Children– Katrin-Kaja, Linda-Anu.
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Nationality
American Estonian -
Religion
Lutheran
Education
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1950
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1957
Career
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1951 - 1954
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1954 - 1955
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1961 - 1966
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1966 - 1989