Résumé

Designer, Delano and Aldrich, Architects, New York, NY, 1926.

Designer, Zantzinger, Borie and Medary, Architects, Philadelphia, PA, 1928.

Designer, John Parkinson and Donald Parkinson, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1929.

Partner, Field and Hoak, Los Angeles, CA.

Partner, Hoak and Church, Architects, Philadelphia, PA, c. 1941.

Principal, Edward Warren Hoak, Architect, South Pasadena, CA, 1942- .

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Southern California Chapter, 1944-1978.

In 1956, Hoak was a Registered Architect in the State of CA.

College

Coursework, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, 1920-1922.

B.Arch., University of Pennsylvania (Penn), Philadelphia, PA, 1926.

Coursework (six months), American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy, 1926-1927.

M.Arch., University of Pennsylvania (Penn), Philadelphia, PA, 1928.

College Awards

Recipient, University of Pennsylvania (Penn), Arthur Spayd Brooke Bronze Medal for Merit in Architectural Design, 1926.

Recipient, University of Pennsylvania (Penn), John Stewardson Memorial Traveling Scholarship, 1926-1927.

Recipient, Third Exposición Pan Americana de Arquitectura, Buenos Aries, Argentina, Gold Medal, 1927.

Relocation

Edward Warren Hoak was born in Cleveland, OH, in 1901.

He attended the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, CA, between 1920 and 1922, before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) in Philadelphia. He graduated from Penn in 1928.

In 1955, Hoak maintained his office and residence at 1800 Bushnell Avenue, South Pasadena, CA. (See American Architects Directory, 1956, George S. Koyl, ed., [New York: R.R. Bowker, Company, 1956], p. 250.)

Spouse

Hoak married in 1925.

Biographical Notes

In 1956, Hoak reported that he had traveled for one month in Mexico, and had spent one year traveling in Europe, including time in England, Greece, Italy and North Africa.