Thomas Edmund Greacen II

Background

II, Thomas Edmund Greacen was born on September 12, 1907 in Brooklyn. Son of Walter James and Bertha (Semple) G.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1928; student, American School Fine Arts, Fontainebleau, France, 1931.

Career

Draftsman, Delano & Aldrich, New York City, 1929-1931; partner firm, Amon & Greacen, New York City, 1932-1936; principal, Thomas E. Greacen, II, New York City, 1937-1940; principal, Thomas E. Greacen, II, Houston, 1946-1952; partner firm, Greacen, Houston & Rogers (and predecessors), Houston, 1953-1980. Visiting critic architectural design U. Houston, 1950-1952.

Achievements

• Developer type of windrose used universally to determine optimum directions for alignment of runways on airfields.

Works

• Other Work

  • Principal works include First Unitarian Ch, Houston, 1953, Sylvan Beach Pavilion, La Porte, Texas, 1956, Gibraltar Savings Bldg, Houston, 1959, First Congressional Ch, Houston, 1961, M.D. Anderson-Magnolia Park branch Young Women’s Christian Association, Houston, 1963, Courtland Square bldgs, Houston, 1968-1975, St. Cyprians Episcopal Church and Sch, Lufkin, Texas, 1972.

Membership

Member alumni council Princeton University, 1968-1970. Member American Friends Service Committee, since 1948. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1940-1945.

Fellow American Institute of Architects (director Houston chapter 1955-1957, medal of honor Houston chapter 1960). Member Princeton University Alumni Association (president Houston 1967), Texas Society.Architects (chairman education committee 1950, award merit 1953, 59).

Connections

Married Wynfred Vultee Fox, August 28, 1941. Children: John Morley, Thomas Edmund, Edward Semple, Amelia.

Father:

Walter James G.

Mother:

Bertha (Semple) G.

Spouse:

Wynfred Vultee Fox

child:

John Morley II

child:

Thomas Edmund II

child:

Edward Semple II

child:

Amelia II