Background
Currie, Leonard James was born on July 28, 1913 in Stavely, Alberta, Canada. Son of Andrew and Florence (McIntyre) Currie.
Currie, Leonard James was born on July 28, 1913 in Stavely, Alberta, Canada. Son of Andrew and Florence (McIntyre) Currie.
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Minnesota, 1936; M. Architecture, Harvard University, 1938; Wheelwright traveling fellow, Harvard University, 1940-1941.
Apprenticed with Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1938-1940. Archeologist division history research Carnegie Institution Expedition to Copan, Honduras, 1941. Airport construction Pan American Airways United States Government, Guatemala and Nicaragua, 1941-1942.
Assistant professor architecture Harvard, 1946-1951. Architect Architects Collaborative, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1946-1951. Chief technical aid mission on housing United States Government, Costa Rica, 1951.
Organized, directed Inter-American Housing Center, Bogota, Colombia, 1951-1956. Professor, head department architecture Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1956-1962. Dean College Architecture and Art, University Illinois, Chicago, 1962-1972.
Professor College Architecture and Art, University Illinois, Chicago Circle, 1972-1981. Fulbright Senior fellow, 1972-1973. Visiting professor University Sains Malaysia, 1972-1973.
Honorary professor Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad, 1977, Universidad Nacional Villarreal, 1977. Former partner firm Atkins, Currie and Payne (architects, engineers and planners). Now principal Leonard J. Currie and Associates, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Architect.
Agency for International Development campus planning consultant Central American universities, 1964. Organization of European Cooperation and Development consultant campus planning and chief adviser on technical cooperation University Patras, Greece, 1973-1980. Member City of Chicago Cultural Committee, 1963-1966, Virginia Committee on School Building Research, 1956-1962.
Chairman subcommittee on comprehensive community planning, member executive committee Community Improvement Advisory Committee of City of Chicago. Co-promulgator Charter of Machu Picchu, 1977. Board member Chicago School Architecture Foundation.
Served as officer Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Retired lieutenant colonel Reserve. Fellow International Institute Arts and Letters, American Institute of Architects (1st honor award 1963, William C. Nolan award medal Virginia Society 1993).
Member Sociedad Colombiana de Arquitectos (honorary), Society Architectural Historians, American Institute Certified Planners, Inter-American Planning Society
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Married Virginia M. Herz, February 8, 1937. Children: Barbara E., Robert G., Elizabeth A.