Alfred Easton Poor
American architect
Died when: 88 years 234 days (1063 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Alfred Easton Poor (May 24, 1899 – January 13, 1988) was an American architect noted particularly for buildings and projects in New York City and in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. government.
A son of Charles Lane Poor, Alfred Poor served in the U.S.Navy in World War I and in the U.S.
Navy Reserve in World War II.As a student at the University of Pennsylvania, he studied under Paul Philippe Cret.
Poor served as the president of the National Academy of Design in New York from 1966 to 1977, organizing its 150th anniversary in 1975.
He has been called "one of America's most prominent twentieth century architects" and a "prominent member of the international school of modern architecture."
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