page_title: Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning / History / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Köszönöm, a monument at the University of Michigan, commemorating Raoul Wallenberg. Svenska: Bild av Köszönöm, ett monument vid University of Michigan till minne av Raoul Wallenberg.
context_page_description: The A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Master of Architecture, Master of Science in Architecture, Master of Urban Planning, Master of Urban Design, and PhD programs.
  Formerly known as the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, the college was named after real estate developer and philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman when he donated $30 million to the college in May 1999. The gift was one of the largest in the history of the University of Michigan and the largest ever to a school of architecture.
context_section_description: Charles Correa (B.Arch. 1953; Hon. D.Arch, 1980) - influential Indian architect and activist, recipient of the Praemium Imperiale and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal.
  John Dinkeloo (B.S. 1942) - engineer, partner with Eero Saarinen and Pritzker Prize laureate Kevin Roche, worked alongside Gunnar Birkerts while he was at Saarinen's office
  Dan Dworsky (B.Arch. 1950) - former UM linebacker and architect of the University's Crisler Arena.
  Douglas Farr (B.S. 1980) - Chicago-based sustainable architect, urban planner, and author of Sustainable Urbanism (2007).
  Dr. Ed Jackson Jr. (D.Arch. 1993) - Executive Architect for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC.
  Marcy Kaptur (M.U.P 1974) - the Democratic U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district, since 1983.
  Charles Willard Moore (B.Arch, 1947; Hon. D.Arch, 1992) - postmodernist, educator, former dean of the Yale School of Architecture, and AIA Gold Medal recipient.
  Robert Nickle (B.A. 1943) - artist, studied architecture and design.
  Jorge M. Perez (M.U.P. 1976) - Miami-based developer.
  Marshall Purnell (B.S. 1972; M.Arch 1973) - first African-American president of the American Institute of Architects.
  Ralph Rapson (B.S. 1938) - modernist architect, protégé of Eliel Saarinen, and Dean of the University of Minnesota School of Architecture from 1954-84.
  Howard Sims (B.S.1963, M.Arch. 1966) - Architect of Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, MI.
  A. Alfred Taubman (early 1940s, did not graduate) - real-estate developer, philanthropist, and college namesake.
  Sim Van der Ryn (B. Arch 1958) - sustainable architect and long-time faculty member at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.
  Raoul Wallenberg (B.Arch. 1935) - Swedish diplomat and humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust.
caption: Köszönöm, a monument at  Taubman College in honor of alumnus Raoul Wallenberg.
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