Background
Madison, Robert Prince was born on July 28, 1923 in Cleveland. Son of Robert J. and Nettie (Brown) Madison.
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Robert Prince Madison
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Student, Howard University, 1940—1943. HHD, Howard University, 1987. Bachelor of Architecture, Western Reserve University, 1948.
Master in Architecture, Harvard University, 1952. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Cleveland State University, 2000. HHD (honorary), Kent State University, 2001.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Case We. Reserve University, 2004.
Career
Member various architectural firms, 1948-1952;
instructor, Howard U., Washington, 1952-1954;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Robert P. Madison International, architects, engineers and planners, Cleveland, since 1954. Trustee American Automobile Association. Visiting professor Howard U., 1961-1962.
Lecturer Western Reserve U., 1964-1965. Member United States architects delegate Peoples Republic China, 1974.
Achievements
Membership
Member technical advisory committee Cleveland Board Education, since 1960. Member advisory committee Cleveland Urban Renewal, since 1963. Member fine arts advisory committee to mayor, Cleveland.
Member architectural advisory council Cornell University. Trustee Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Opera, 1990, National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1990, Commission on Higher Education, 1990, Cleveland (Ohio) Orchestra, 1998, Cleveland (Ohio) Arts Prize, 2001. Board directors Junior Achievement Greater Cleveland.
Trustee Cuyahoga County Hospital Foundation, since 1983, University Circle Inc., Midtown Corridor Inc. Member Ohio Board Building Standards, 1986, Cleveland Heights City Planning Commission, 1987. 1st lieutenant, infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
Fellow American Institute of Architects (chapter president, national task force for creative economics 1976, member jury of fellows 1983-1985, member national judicial council 1993, Gold Medal Firm award Ohio 1994, Gold Medal award Ohio 1997, Whitney M. Young Junior award 2002). Member Architects Society Ohio, Epsilon Delta Rho, Alpha Phi Alpha, Sigma Pi Phi.
Connections
Married Leatrice L. Branch, April 16, 1949. Children: Jeanne Marie, Juliette Branch.
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Decorated Purple Heart. Fulbright fellow, 1952-1953. Recipient Distinguished Service award Case Western Reserve University, 1989, Distinguished Architectural Firm award Howard University, 1989, Entrepreneur of Yt. award Ernst Young, Inc., Merrill Lynch, 1991, Architect of Year National Technology Association, 1996, Martin Luther King Junior Corporation award African-American Archives Auxiliary Western Reserve History Society, 1997, Distinguished Alumni award Case We. Reserve University, 1997, Frederick Harris Goff Philanthropic Service awards The Cleveland Foundation, 2009. Named to Corporation Hall of Fame, Ohio Assembly of Councils, 1991, President award Kent State University, 1999. Named to Cleveland Business Hall of Fame, 2002.Decorated Purple Heart. Fulbright fellow, 1952-1953. Recipient Distinguished Service award Case Western Reserve University, 1989, Distinguished Architectural Firm award Howard University, 1989, Entrepreneur of Yt. award Ernst Young, Inc., Merrill Lynch, 1991, Architect of Year National Technology Association, 1996, Martin Luther King Junior Corporation award African-American Archives Auxiliary Western Reserve History Society, 1997, Distinguished Alumni award Case We.
Reserve University, 1997, Frederick Harris Goff Philanthropic Service awards The Cleveland Foundation, 2009. Named to Corporation Hall of Fame, Ohio Assembly of Councils, 1991, President award Kent State University, 1999. Named to Cleveland Business Hall of Fame, 2002.