Bruce J. Graham Born: 1-Dec-1925 Birthplace: La Cumbre, Cali, Colombia Died: 6-Mar-2010 Location of death: Hobe Sound, FL Cause of death: Alzheimer's
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Architect Nationality: United States Executive summary: Architect of the Sears Tower Military service: US Navy (1943) Architect best known for designing the x-braced John Hancock Center and the Sears Tower (since renamed Willis Tower) in Chicago. Acolyte of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Father: (international banker) Sister: Margaret Graham Lewis Wife: Jane Abend Graham (m. 1970, d. 2004, one son, two daughters) Son: George Graham Daughter: Lisa Graham Langlade-Demoyen Daughter: Mara Graham Dworsky
University: University of Dayton University: BArch, University of Pennsylvania (1948) Administrator: Trustee, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania Administrator: Trustee, Art Institute of Chicago
Graham & Graham (1989)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Design Partner (1960-89)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architect (1951-60)
Holabird, Root & Burgee (1949-51)
American Institute of Architects Fellow (1966) Chicago Central Area Committee President
Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Trustee Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
Royal Institute of British Architects
Scottish Ancestry
Peruvian Ancestry
Selected edifices:
Inland Steel Building (1957) John Hancock Center (1970) Sears Tower (1974) One Magnificent Mile (1983)
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