Partner, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Architects, Chicago, IL;

Chairman, Temporary Commission on Pennsylvania Avenue, c. 1965;

In 1965, Owings lived in San Francisco, CA. Born in Illinois, he died in the 93920 zip code of Big Sur, CA at the age of 81.

Spouse

The Architectural Forum described Nat Owings's second marriage in its 01/1954 issue: "Architect Nat Owings, of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, last month married the woman who designed his Christmas card at the bride's home in Carmel Highlands, Calif. She ws Mrs. Margaret Millard (née Wentworth), an artist who divorced Carmel attorney Malcolm Millard two years ago. Mrs. Owings is a graduate of Mills College in Oakland, studied art at the Fogg Museum in Cambridge, Mass., and at the Chicago Art Institute. She has had shows in Carmel, Santa Barbara and San Francisco. Her daughter, Wendy, was the only attendant; Mr. Owings's three daughters were also present. The Owings will travel in Turkey and Morocco for several months and then divide their time between a home in San Francisco and Mr. Owings' ranch in New Mexico. They also plant to build in Big Sur, south of Carmel. Emily Otis Owings, the architect's ex-wife, also remarried last month in Santa Fe. Her husband is John Barnes of Albuquerque, New Mexico manager for the Denver Fire Clay Co." (See "People," Architectural Forum, vol. 100, no. 1, 01/1954, p. 41.)

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