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John S. Chase is an American architect and educator. He was born on January 23, 1925 in Annapolis, Maryland. He is best known for his work in modernist architecture, particularly in the design of public housing projects. Chase graduated from the University of Maryland in 1948 with a degree in architecture. He then went on to earn a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University in 1950. Chase began his career as an architect in the 1950s, working on projects in the Washington, D.C. area. He was a founding member of the Washington Urban League and served as its president from 1956 to 1958. In the 1960s, Chase began to focus on public housing projects, designing several in the Washington, D.C. area. He also designed the first public housing project in the United States to be built with federal funds, the Langston Terrace Dwellings in Washington, D.C. In the 1970s, Chase began to focus on educational projects, designing several buildings for universities and colleges in the Washington, D.C. area. He also designed the first African-American owned and operated bank in the United States, the Industrial Bank of Washington, D.C. Chase has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the American Institute of Architects' Gold Medal in 1988 and the National Medal of Arts in 1994. Chase is currently 87 years old. He has not revealed any information about his dating life or family. His net worth is not known.

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Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 23 January 1925
Birthday 23 January
Birthplace Annapolis, Maryland
Date of death (2012-03-29)
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Nationality United States

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1961

Chase received Distinguished Alumni Awards from Hampton University (1961) and the University of Texas at Austin (1989 and 1992).

1950

Chase attended Hampton University as an undergrad, graduating in 1948. On June 7, 1950, Chase enrolled in the University of Texas School of Architecture master's program, making the university the first in the South to enroll an African American. Upon graduation, no white firm would hire him, so Chase moved to Houston, Texas to teach at Texas Southern University and to start his own firm, which he owned and operated for over 50 years. Although he had been designing buildings since the late 1940s, Chase started officially practicing architecture in 1952. In 1963, he designed Riverside National Bank, the first black-owned bank in Texas. In 1971, he and 12 other architects founded the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA).

1925

John Saunders Chase Jr. (January 23, 1925 – March 29, 2012) was born in Annapolis, Maryland, to John Saunders Chase and Alice Viola Hall. He was an American architect who was the first licensed African American architect in the state of Texas. He was also the only Black architect licensed in the state for almost a decade. He was also the first African American to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, which reviewed the design for the United States Vietnam Veterans Memorial.