Evening star., 1939-09-30
Irving Kane Pond,
Eminent Architect,
Dies Here al 81
Chicago Leader Of
Profession Was Proud
Of Skill as Acrobat

Irving Kane Pond, 80, eminent
Chicago architect, died yesterday in
Emergency Hospital. Here to at
tend a meeting of the American
Institute of Architects, of which he
was a former president. Mr.. Pond
became i'll Wednesday and died Of
heart attack resulting from stom-
ach complications.
Born in Ann Arbor, Mich, May
l, 1857, Mr.. Pond was educated at
the University OF Michigan, being
graduated with degree in civil
engineering in 1879. He went to
Chicago the same year, and it was
there that he did most of the work
which was to bring him world ac-
claim.
After studying abroad for several
years, Mr.. Pond founded, with his
brother, the late Allen B. Pond.
the Arm of Pond e. Pond, which
later became Pond g. Pond and
Edgar Martin. The firm designed
such buildings as Hull House and
Chicago Commons, Chicago; the
Federal Building at Kankakee. Ill:
Michigan Unfon and University of
Michigan League Buildings at Ann
Arbor; the Memorial Union Build
ings at Purdue University, and the
Public Hospital at st. John, New
Brunswick, Canada.
Was Acrobat at 80.
A member of the University of
Michigan's first football team, Mr..
Pond scored the first touchdown for
the university. In later years he
took great pride in his prowess as
an acrobat. On his 10th and 80th
birthdays he put on a tumbling ex-
hibition in his Chicago ONCE, per.
forming two backward flips on the
latter occasion.
In his book, big Top Rhythms,"
published in 1887, Mr.. Pond ad-
vanced the theory that there was a
kindred spirit between the grace of
circus acrobats and the lines of
architectural construction. He was
known and admired by most of the
big top performers in every circus
in the country. He was made an
honorary member of the Circus
Fans Association of America the
year his book came out.
Many Affiliations.
Mr.. Pond was president Of the
American Institute of Architects in
1910 and 1911. A frequent con-
tributor to technical journals, he
was the author of The Meaning
of Architecture" among other
works. In 1911 he represented the
United States at the International
Congress of Architects at Rome and
Venice. His foreign architectural
Affiliations included membership in
the Institute of German Architects,
the Royal Institute of British
Architects and the Central Society
of Austrian Architects.
He was also a member of the
Chicago Architectural Club, the
National Institute of Arts and Let
ters. the Society of Midland Au-
thors and belonged to the Chicago
Literary Club and the University
Club of Michigan.
Funeral services will be at pm.
today at Gawler's funeral home.
His body will be cremated and
taken to Ann Arbor for burial.
Pallbearers Named,
Twenty-Five officers and directors
Of the American Institute of Archi-
tects were named honorary pail
bearers this morning. They are:
Charles D. Maginnis, Boston; Ed
win Bergstrom, Los Angeles; Fred
erick Meyer, San Francisco; Charles
Ingham, Pittsburgh; Edward Kem-
per, District of Columbia; Claire
Ditchy, Detroit.
Walter Mccormack, Cambridge;
Leigh Hunt, Milwaukee; Gordon
Kaufman, Los Angeles; John Fu-
gard, Chicago; Edmund Purvis,
Philadelphia; Frazer Smith, Mem
phis; Benedict Farrar, st. Louis;
Rudolph Weaver, Miami; Albert
Harkness, Providence; Emil Lorch,
Ann Arbor; Howard Cheney, Chi
cago; N. Max Dunning, Chicago;
Emery Stanford Hall, Chicago;
Richmond H. Shreve, New York:
Alfred Shaw, Chicago, and Robert
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