Albert Bumgardner
American architect (1921–1987)
Albert Orin Bumgardner (January 3, 1921 – July 10, 1987) was an American architect. Born in Springfield, Illinois, he attended the Illinois State University in Normal before serving in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war, he studied architecture at the University of Illinois, where he graduated in 1949. He moved to Seattle, where he worked at various firms before beginning his own practice in early 1953. He gained acclaim from architecture press and the American Institute of Architects for a number of house designs. His firm, Bumgardner Partnership, gained further notability following their office design for the periodical Pacific Architect & Builder; this led to institutional contracts that saw Bumgardner lead design projects at Evergreen State College and the University of Washington. He oversaw designs for a number of projects along the Seattle Waterfront during the 1970s and 1980s, including Waterfront Park and the Watermark Tower.
Early life and education
On January 3, 1921, Albert Orin Bumgardner was born in Springfield, Illinois to Alfred Orin Bumgardner, a mechanic, and his second wife, Florence Lonas. He grew up in Chatham, Illinois, and attended the Illinois State University in Normal from 1941 to 1943. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. Through the Army Specialized Training Program, he trained at a station in Louisiana before studying engineering at the City College of New York for 1943–1944. In 1946, following the end of the war, he returned to school at the University of Illinois, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1949.
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