| Paul Atherton Kennon Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 27, 1934 Shreveport, Louisiana, US |
| Died |
January 8, 1990 (aged 55) Houston, Texas, US |
| Alma mater |
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| Occupation | Architect and Professor |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Ross Kennon (married 1957) |
| Children | Two children |
Paul Atherton Kennon Jr. (January 27, 1934 – January 8, 1990), was an American architect, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Dean of the School of Architecture at Rice University, Texas, US.[1][2]
A native of Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana, Kennon studied for his undergraduate degree at Texas A & M University, followed by earning a master's degree at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan. He worked for seven years as a designer for architect Eero Saarinen[2] (He won an Eliel Saarinen Memorial Fellowship that enabled him to study at the Cranbrook Academy.)[1]
Kennon was recruited to Rice University as associate director of the School of Architecture and a teaching faculty member. He became dean of the architecture school in September 1989. A few months later, he died suddenly in 1990 of a heart attack.[2]
In 1967, he returned to work with the architectural practice, Caudill, Rowlett, Scott, headed by his mentor William W. Caudill, for whom he had worked during his college vacations. He became a design principal and then president of the company. The projects for which he was responsible won a number of awards.[1]
Family[]
Kennon was the son of Paul Atherton Kennon Sr. (1910-1986), a native of Tangipahoa Parish in South Louisiana,[3] and the former Gladys Bookout (1910-2001), originally from Shreveport. The couple divorced. A college graduate, his mother for years was executive secretary at Arkansas-Louisiana CITGO.
About 1945, Gladys Kennon married Taylor W. O'Hearn of Shreveport. In 1964, when blacks were still mostly disenfranchised in Louisiana, O'Hearn was elected at-large from Caddo Parish as a state representative. He was one of two Republicans elected that year, the first to serve in the state house since Reconstruction.[citation needed] The other was also elected at-large from Caddo Parish.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kennon, Paul Atherton". Texas State Historical Association. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fke79. Retrieved 2014-11-11. From "Remembering Paul Kennon, FAIA" Texas Architect, March–April 1990.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Paul A. Kennon, 55, Honored Architect And a Dean at Rice". The New York Times. January 10, 1990. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/10/obituaries/paul-a-kennon-55-honored-architect-and-a-dean-at-rice.html. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
- ↑ "Paul Atherton Kennon". wadeprater.com. http://wadeprater.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I21155&tree=00Main. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
External links[]
The original article can be found at Paul A. Kennon and the edit history here.