Background
Labatut, Jean was born on May 10, 1899 in Martres-Tolosane, Haute-Garonne, France. Came to the United States, 1928, naturalized, 1939. Son of Dominique and Gabrielle (Clarac) Labatut.
Labatut, Jean was born on May 10, 1899 in Martres-Tolosane, Haute-Garonne, France. Came to the United States, 1928, naturalized, 1939. Son of Dominique and Gabrielle (Clarac) Labatut.
Student, Ecole St. Stanislas, Ecole du Caousou, Lycee National, Ecole des Beaux Arts et des Sciences Industrielles, Toulouse, France. Student, Ecole National Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris. Laureat, Institute de France.
HHD (honorary), Princeton University, 1975.
Private practice, France, 1924;
urban planner, landscape architect, France, 1926;
architect, associate landscape architect for town, church, residence and gardens of Castillega de Gusman, near Seville, Spain, 1926-1931;
professor architecture, American Summer School Fine Arts, Palais de Fountainbleau, France, 1927-1938;
director school, American Summer School Fine Arts, Palais de Fountainbleau, France, 1945-1948;
also trustee, American Summer School Fine Arts, Palais de Fountainbleau, France
professor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1928-1967;
professor emeritus, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1967-1986;
past director graduate studies School Architecture, Princeton (New Jersey) U.
member of advisory county School Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton (New Jersey) U.
founder Bureau Urban Research and Architectural Laboratory, Princeton (New Jersey) U. Architect-in-residence American Academy Rome, 1953, 59, 64, 68. Consultant Board Design, New York World's Fair, 1937-1950, designer fountains for water, lightand sound displays, 1937-1940.
Architect José Marti Monument, Plazaand Park, Havana, Cuba. Consultant on various planning and architectural developers.
With Engineering Corps, French Army, 1918-1919. Fellow American Institute of Architects. Member American Society Planning Officials, Academie d'Architecture, Ordre des Architectes, National Academy of Design (academician), Academy Languedoc, Nassau Club, Princeton Club.
Married Mercedes Terradell, June 10, 1929.
