Résumé

Draftsman, Daniel Mann Johnson Mendenhall (DMJM), Branch Office, Baltimore, MD, c. 1973. For DMJM in Baltimore, Stanton "...worked on planning a new subway system for the city." (See R. Randall Vosbeck, with Tony P. Wrenn, Hon. AIA, and Andrew Brodie Smith, A Legacy of Leadership, The Presidents of the American Institute of Architects, 1857-2007,[Washington, DC: American Institute of Architects, 2008], p. 205). Designer, Brook Carruthers Shaw, Architects, Toronto, ON, c. 1974. Stanton worked in Toronto for a brief time on the Sheridan Community College project, but could not get his visa renewed to stay in Canada. He relocated to San Francisco, CA, in 1975. Designer/Senior Associate, Bull Field Volkmann Stockwell (BFVS), Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1975-1982. At BFVS, he assisted on the design of the Stanford Shopping Center, on the northern periphery of the Stanford University Campus. Stanton subsequently left BFVS, got married, and traveled in East Asia for one year (1982-1983). Principal, Michael J. Stanton, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1983- .

Professional Service

Stanton joined the American Institute of Architects (AIA), San Francisco Chapter, in 1975 and became very involved in institute affairs. Writer/Chair, Bay Architect’s Review, newsletter of AIA San Francisco, c. 1975-c.1985. Member, Board of Directors, AIA San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, c. 1985-1987; Chair, Urban Design Committee, AIA San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, c. 1985-1987; President, AIA San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1987-1988. President, AIA, 12/1998-12/1999. Member, Board of Trustees, Association for Retarded Citizens of Northern California, San Francisco, CA. Member, Board of Trustees, San Francisco Performing Arts Museum, San Francisco, CA; Member, Yale Alumni Schools Committee of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Member, Dean’s Advisory Board, School of Business, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Member, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), 2000-2002.

Professional Awards

Award for Excellence in Urban Design, AIA National, Embarcadero Corridor Study, San Francisco, CA, 1988. Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1991.

Grade School, High School and College

Stanton attended the Roman Catholic elementary school, Baltimore Academy of the Visitation. Graduate, Gilman School, Baltimore, MD, c. 1966. Coursework, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, c. 1966-1967. B.A., Urban Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, c. 1970. M.Arch., Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1973.

College Awards

Coming from the State of MD, Stanton developed an interest in lacrosse, and became a star player in prep school and college. He was named to the All-Ivy League and All New England Lacrosse teams during 1969 and 1970. He also received honorable mention All-American honors in those two years.

Relocation

Born in Baltimore, MD, Michael J. Stanton spent his childhood in that city before attending college first in Middletown, CT, and later New Haven, CT. He received both bachelor's and master's degrees from Yale University and returned to Baltimore in 1973 to work for the branch office of the Los Angeles architectural firm of Daniel Mann Johnson and Mendenhall (DMJM). He briefly lived in Toronto, ON, before settling in San Francisco, CA in 1975. Working for various firms there, he traveled in East Asia during 1982 and 1983, and has subsequently represented the American Institute of Architects on trips around the world. He continued to practice in San Francisco in 2015.

Parents

His father was Joseph Louis Stanton, his mother, Mary Victorine Walstoncroft. According to his biography published in the American Institute of Architects' publication A Legacy of Leadership, The Presidents of the American Institute of Architects, 1857-2007: "His father, raised in the steel mill communities of the Ohio River Valley, was the first of his family to attend college. His mother was the daughter of a wealthy Pennsylvania banker whose ancestry could be traced back to French Huguenots who had come to America at the time of the Revolutionary War. After both of Stanton’s parents served in World War II, they settled in Baltimore to raise their family." (See R. Randall Vosbeck, with Tony P. Wrenn, Hon. AIA, and Andrew Brodie Smith, A Legacy of Leadership, The Presidents of the American Institute of Architects, 1857-2007,[Washington, DC: American Institute of Architects, 2008], p. 204). Michael was the first of three children had by Joseph and Mary.

Spouse

Stanton married Maureen Susan Barry in 1982.

Children

He and Maureen had two daughters, Abby and Brenna