Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-02-09

UMCPC. The planning staff is q
division of the county managers
office, says Mr.. Gutheim, and the
UMCPC ought to be "biult into
the structure of the county gov
eminent.
In addition to working on q
comprehensive plan and zoning
ordinance for the upper county
the UMCPC, says Mr.. Gutheim
has created public awareness
of planning problems, drafted
and had enacted the subdivision
regulations, and sought relation
ships" with other area planning
groups.
Most Importantly, holds Mr.
Gutheim, the Upper Montgomery
County Planning Commission
''has laid a solid foundation of
facts that will be considered in
future decision by all branches of
the county government"
Book Is Major Work
Mr.. Gutheim considers his 1949
book Potomac" his major
literary work.. In reviewing the
book, Columbia University's
Henry Steele Commager called it,
Undoubtedly the best of the
Rivers of America series"
Before World War II Mr.. Gut.
helm circulated in a group of
friends that included Constance
Lindsey Skinner, creator and
general editor of the Rivers of
America" books. 1t was taken
for granted that Mr.. Gutheim
would write the book on the Pc,
tomac.
Like everyone else in the first
turmoil of war, Mr.. Gutheim had
to abandon all private projects
He first worked on wartime hous
ing problems, then served in the
armed forces in Europe.
But like many others, he found
war a hurry up and wait" pro
position. So with libraries acces
sible at least part of the time, he
did much research on the Poto
mac book during the war. %
came out of the service with
about 5000 file cards full OF
notes"
Ten Months to Write
1t took him about 10 month.
to put those file card notes into
book form. The best seller
Potomac" was the result.
Potomac" is by no means hi.
only, or even his most popular
book. The best selling Guthein
volume is Houses for Family
Living" of which $4,000 copie!
have been purchased. Eighty col
leges are using it for text book
In 1910 he edited the writing.
of famous architect Frank LloyC
Wright and he has co-authoreC
"Re-Thinking Urban Develop
ment". Mr.. Gutheim is presently
working on another book, "Archi
! lecture Today" which ReinholC
will publish.
He writes a monthly column
for one architectural magazin,
n d regularly contributes tt
others, including French anC
Italian publications. He has writ
ten for the New York Herald
Tribune.
, Has COnsultant's Office
Among the clients of his plan
: ming consultant's office, Mr.. Gut
helm numbers the Southwestern
: Research Institute, Columbi;
E University, Webb and KNAPP
New York builders redevelopinj
Southwest Washington, tn,
American Committee to Improv,
Our Neighborhoods (ACTION
and the American Institute o
Architects.
Mr.. Gutheim is presently pre-
pairing an exhibition of ION
Hundred Years of Architecture
for the ALA centennial celebrs
ton next year. The exhibition
will first be shown at Washing
2 toms National Gallery of Art, an
: later in London. Mr.. Gutheir
has helped present similar show
during the New York's Worl
p. Fair and San Francisco's Code
: Gate Exposition. He is a forme
S executive director of the Amel
lean Institute Of Architects.
Mr.. Gutheim was born i
S Massachusetts March 3, 1908. tn
!. son of a lawyer. The Gutheim
t moved to Chevy Chase whe
e Frederick was six months ole
0 From the beginning attracted
architecture and the problems G
urban development, young Free
( erick concentrated on those sui
\ iects at the University Of Visor
= sin, wh T e he received hi
bachelors degree, and at the Un
e versity Of Chicago, where he di
4 graduate work and served on tn
e staff.
e While he was in Chicago, Nh