Background
Allen, Maurice Bartelle was born on March 20, 1926 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Maurice Bartelle and Marguerite Rae (Stahl) Allen.
Allen, Maurice Bartelle was born on March 20, 1926 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Maurice Bartelle and Marguerite Rae (Stahl) Allen.
Student, Western Michigan U., 1944; student, Notre Dame U., 1944-1946; Bachelor of Architecture, University of Michigan, 1950.
Draftsman, designer, Smith, Hinchman & Grylls (architects), Detroit, 1950-1951; designer, associate, Eero Saarinen & Associates, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1951-1961; vice president design and planning, Technology Management Program Associates (architects, engineers and planners), Bloomfield Hills, 1961-1992; emeritus, 1993; design critic, lecturer, College Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, since 1958.
Active Detroit Area council Boy Scouts American, since 1969. Member environmental arts committee Michigan Council for Arts, 1970. Vice chairman Michigan Governor's Special Commision on Architecture, 1971.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1947. Member College of Fellows American Institute of Architects (co-chair urban priorities Detroit chapter since 1995), Michigan Society Architects (honor awards 1970-1971), Senior Men's Club Birmingham, Masons, Alpha Tau Omega.
Married Nancy ElizabethHuff, June 29, 1951. Children— Robert (deceased), Katherine, David.