Background
Douglass, Lathrop was born on September 5, 1907 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Willard R. and Floyd (Smith) Douglass.
Douglass, Lathrop was born on September 5, 1907 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Willard R. and Floyd (Smith) Douglass.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1929, Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors, 1932. Student Fontainebleau (France), 1931.
; children—Rebecca Lanier, Lathrop Howe. Site planner, designer, 1934-1939. Housing control architect New York State Housing Board, 1940-1941.
Assistant chief engineer charge design Army Middle East Repair Bases, 1942-1943. Practicing architect, planning consultant, from 1945. Works include office buildings, regional shopping centers, urban redevelopment in the United States, S. American, Europe.
Creole Building and Luz Electrica Building, Caracas, Venezuela. Esso buildings, Paris, France, Bogota, Colombia, Antwerp, Belgium, Rome, Italy (consultant). Cross County Center, New York, Tysons Corner Center, Washington, Plaza Las Americas, San Juan, P.R., Parly 2 and La Belle Epine, Paris.
New town centers of Creteil and Pontoise (France). Chapel Square Redevelopment, New Haven, Main Place Redevelopment, Buffalo, Greenwich (Connecticut) Station Plaza. Consultant Atomic Energy Commission, 1951-1952, Esso A.G., Hamburg, Germany, others.
Lecturer, International Council Shopping Centers.
Member international board Temple Understanding. Member public advisory panel Federal buildings Program, 1966-1968. (Fellow) The American Institute of Architects (director New York chapter 1958-1962, treasurer 1966-1967, vice president 1967-1968, president 1968-1969).
Member National Institute Architectural Education (treasurer 1961-1963 trustee), New York State Association Architects. American Society of Civil Engineers, St. Nicholas Society, Huguenot Society, Sigma Xi (associate). Clubs: University, Yale (New York City).
Married Dorothy Duncan Howe, September 10, 1937 (deceased. Children: Rebecca Lanier, Lathrop Howe.