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Clarence Clark Zantzinger (1872-1954) was an architect and public servant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ==Life== Clarence was born in Philadelphia, the son of Alfred Zantzinger (1839-1873) and Sarah Crawford Clark. Alfred was a medical doctor who was born on June 27, 1839, in Philadelphia to George Zantzinger, a grand-nephew of David Rittenhouse,〔(The Family Record of David Rittenhouse: Including His Sisters Esther, Anne and Eleanor. Also, Benjamin Rittenhouse and Margaret Rittenhouse Morgan )〕 and Caroline Helmuth. Alfred entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1855, graduated from Philadelphia's Hahnemann Medical College in 1862,〔 and became a volunteer surgeon with the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry.〔(History of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry: From Its Organization, November 17th, 1774 to Its Centennial Anniversary, November 17th, 1874 )〕 In January 1863, he married Sarah Crawford Clark, the daughter of Philadelphia financier Enoch White Clark.〔 Their son Clarence was born in 1872, and Alfred died of typhoid in Philadelphia on August 15, 1873. Sarah later remarried C. George Currie, a rector of St. Luke's Church in Philadelphia.〔(Officers, List of Members and Ancestors By National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland (1899) )〕 Clarence attended private school in Germany, then St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He matriculated at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School, where he was a member of the senior S.S.S. Society and graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1892. Three years later, he earned a B.S. in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He then spent two years at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he worked under Paul Blondel and Henri Grisors and graduated in 1901. He returned to Philadelphia, set out his shingle, and soon received his first commission: a building to house the West Philadelphia branch (today, the Walnut Street West branch) of the Free Library of Philadelphia. By 1905, he and Charles L. Borie, Jr. (a fellow graduate of St. Paul's School) had launched a firm of their own with offices at 251 South 4th Street in Philadelphia. They were joined in 1910 by Milton Bennett Medary, and the firm was renamed Zantzinger, Borie & Medary, which specialized in institutional and civic projects.〔 In 1903, Zantzinger joined the American Institute of Architects; eight years later, the group made him a fellow. He served for years on the group's National Committee on Foreign Relations and Education; he also served as president of the Philadelphia chapter. Zantzinger was also a member of the (T-Square Club ); he directed its atelier and served on its education committee.〔 In 1917, Zantzinger became a diplomat: President Woodrow Wilson appointed him to represent the U.S. on the War Trade Board in Sweden as a member of the U.S. legation in Stockholm.〔 He also served on the National Capital Parks and Planning Commission and as president of Philadelphia's City Parks Association.〔 In 1951, he retired from his firm, by then renamed Zantzinger & Borie.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clarence C. Zantzinger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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