Résumé

Sargeant, US Army (USA), World War I.

Draftsman/Designer, Chicago World's Fair, Century of Progress, Board of Architects, Chicago, IL, 1931-1933. While Skidmore was traveling in Europe on his Rotch Traveling Scholarship, he met Raymond Hood. Skidmore worked on the staff of New York architect Raymond Hood who served on the Century of Progress Exposition Board of Architects. This board consisted of Arthur Brown, Jr., (1874-1957, of San Francisco), Edward H. Bennett (1874–1954, Chicago), Harvey Wiley Corbett (1873–1954, New York), Paul Philippe Cret (1876–1945, Philadelphia), John A. Holabird (1886–1945,Chicago), Daniel H. Burnham, Jr., (1886–1961,Chicago), Hubert Burnham (1882-1968, Chicago), and Ralph T. Walker (1889-1973, New York).

Partner, Skidmore and Owings, Architects, Chicago, IL, 1936-1939.

Partner, Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM), Architects, Chicago, IL, 1939- .

Professional Awards

Recipient, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Gold Medal, 1957.

College

B.S., Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, IL, 1917.

Study, Boston Architectural Club, Boston, MA, c. 1920.

Coursework, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, -1924.

College Awards

Recipient, Rotch Traveling Medal, 1926.

Relocation

Skidmore was born in Lawrenceburg, IN, in 1897.

Spouse

He married Eloise Owings on 06/14/1930. She was the sister of Nathaniel Owings, who would become a partner in the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

Children

He and Eloise had two sons, Louis Skidmore, Jr., and Philip Murray Skidmore.

Biographical Notes

(An earlier version of PCAD had a typographical error regarding the place of Skidmore's birth. He was born in Lawrenceburg, IN, not IL. Thank you to Milton A. Masing for pointing this out to the author in an email of 03/14/2019.)

• Lawrenceburg, IN (Architect's Birth)
  Lawrenceburg, IN

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