death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date significant_buildings image article_title significant_projects name alma_mater
january 13 , 1988 new york , ny baltimore , md american may 24 , 1899 jacob , us library of congress k. javits federal building james madison memorial building alfredeastonpoor.png alfred easton poor
 wright brothers national memorial alfred easton poor harvard , b. arch. , 1923 ; m. arch. , 1924 university , a.b. , 1920 university of pennsylvania
alfred easton poor

alfred easton poor -lrb- 1899 -- 1988 -rrb- was an american architect who was involved with many buildings and projects in new york city as well as multiple works in washington , d.c. for the us federal government .
in 1928 he won an open competition to design the wright brothers national memorial .
while a student at the university of pennsylvania , he studied under paul philippe cret .
poor was the president of the national academy of design in new york from 1966 to 1977 , organizing its 150th anniversary in 1975 .
he has been called `` one of america 's most prominent twentieth century architects '' and a `` prominent member of the international school of modern architecture . ''
