Samuel Eugene Lunden

Background

Lunden, Samuel Eugene was born on July 14, 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert Axel and Christina Eugenia (Erickson) Lunden.

Education

Student, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1918. Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1921.

Career

Member, American Students Reconstrn. Unit, Verdun, France, 1921; traveled and studied architecture in, Europe, 1921, 51, 61, 68; associate with office, Cram & Ferguson, Boston, 1921-1927; began practice architecture,, Los Angeles, 1928; partner, Lunden, Hayward & O'Connor, 1949-1957; principal, Samuel E. Lunden, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects,, 1958-1960; partner, Samuel E. Lunden-Joseph L. Johnson, architects,, Los Angeles, 1960-1978; consultant architect, Lyon Associations, Inc., Los Angeles, 1978-1983; principal, Samuel E. Lunden Fellow of the American Institute of Architects Cons. Architect, 1983-1994; retired, Samuel E. Lunden Fellow of the American Institute of Architects Cons.

Architect, 1994.

Achievements

• Samuel Eugene Lunden has been listed as a notable architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Community development through an exposition for Los Angeles

Membership

Member Town Hall California, since 1943, board of governors, 1955-1960, 62-68, president, 1965, honorary life gov, since 1984. Secretary South Bay Beach and Highway Association, 1944-1945. Vice chairman Citizens Traffic Transportation Committee, Los Angeles Area, 1954-1955.

Member American Arbitration Association, since 1953. Member alumni fund board Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967-1970, member corporation development committee, since 1965. Member American Institute of Architects (vice president 1945-1947, president Southern California chapter 1942-1943, member College Fellows 1945, board directors California council 1965), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Clubs: Massachusetts Institute of Technology of Southern California (president 1955), Life Associates of University Southern California, California (Los Angeles).

Connections

Married Leila Burton Allen, March 13, 1925. Children: Alice Marie, Robert Allen, Ardelle Leila.

Father:

Albert Axel Lunden

Mother:

Christina Eugenia (Erickson) Lunden

Spouse:

Leila Burton Allen

child:

Ardelle Leila Lunden

child:

Robert Allen Lunden

child:

Alice Marie Lunden