death_place death_date religion birth_place denomination birth_date spouse article_title education name occupation alma_mater
houston , texas 29 january 1988 christianity enid , oklahoma methodist 25 april 1911 eugenie 1977-1988 -rrb- sampson -lrb- 1934-1975 -rrb- , gardina mccarthy -lrb- karl kamrath
 bachelor of architecture , 1934 karl kamrath architect university of texas
karl kamrath

karl kamrath -lrb- april 25 , 1911 -- january 29 , 1988 -rrb- was an american architect and tennis player .
he , along with frederick james mackie , jr. , created the houston-based architectural firm mackie and kamrath .
the firm 's buildings reflected the principles of organic architecture and usonian architecture , an outcome of kamrath 's friendship with frank lloyd wright .
his career spanned over five decades during which he designed residential , commercial , institutional and government buildings .
prior to founding mackie and kamrath , karl kamrath worked for pereira and pereira , the interior studios of marshall field and company , and the architectural decorating company in chicago , illinois .
karl fred kamrath was born in enid , oklahoma to g.a. and martha kreplin kamrath on april 25 , 1911 .
while still a child , kamrath 's family moved to austin , texas .
throughout his life , kamrath was an avid tennis player , and married fellow tennis player eugenie sampson in 1934 .
that same year that he graduated the university of texas with a bachelor 's degree in architecture .
in 1955 , karl kamrath was elected as a fellow of the american institute of architects -lrb- aia -rrb- , an organization he was affiliated with since 1939 .
he became the houston aia chapter president in 1960 and acted as the chairman of the frank lloyd wright memorial committee from 1960 to 1962 .
he was inducted into the university of texas longhorn hall of fame in 1978 and the texas tennis hall of fame in 1984 .
