Claim: Edgar Lucian Malvaney who spent a year at Mississippi A & M University before joining WWI, returned to Jackson in 1919 to continue his studies before graduating from Washington University in 1922, and opening his own firm in 1931, designed the Woolfolk State Office Building and the War Memorial Building, both found in Jackson, Mississippi.
Evidence: He spent one year at Mississippi A & M University before joining the American Expeditionary Force during World War I and serving in France and going over to France to fight during WWI. He continued his studies there before returning to Jackson in 1919. He received an architecture degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1922. He partnered with Hull at Hull & Malvaney in 1926 and opened his own firm in 1931. He designed many buildings, including several listed on the National Register of Historic Places including the War Memorial Building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hinds County as a contributing property to the Old Capitol. Emmett J. Hull
Edgar Lucian Malvaney
Frank P. Gates
Ransom Carey Jones