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Edward Fairfax Neild, Sr. (December 3, 1884 – July 6, 1955), was an American architect originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, who designed the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. He was selected for the task by U.S. President Harry Truman. ==Biography== The son of George Frederick Neild (1855-1933) and the former Elizabeth Moss, Neild graduated in 1906 from the School of Engineering at Tulane University in New Orleans. He then traveled in Europe to study architecture and applied arts. He worked alone from 1908 to 1934.〔 He was in partnerships Neild, Somdal and Neild, Somdal, Neild, with Dewey A. Somdal (1898-1973) and with his son, Edward Fairfax Nield, Jr.〔(DEWEY SOMDAL (1898-1973) COLLECTION, 1780-1972. )〕 (October 7, 1908 – November 8, 1958). Somdal Associates, Shreveport, is the descendant of the Neild firm.〔(Mooringsport School Building )〕 Neild served as president of the Shreveport chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1926 and from 1937 to 1939; Dewey Somdal was the president from 1940 to 1943; Edward F. Nield, Jr., in 1951.〔(Past Presidents ), AIA Shreveport〕 In 1948, Neild was among twenty distinguished architects made fellows of the American Institute of Architects.〔 During World War II, Neild designed for the United States Army Corps of Engineers the Japanese relocation centers in southeastern Arkansas at Rohwer and Jerome in Desha and Drew counties, respectively.〔 Other Neild buildings include in Shreveport the Louisiana State Exhibit Building at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds and the Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center. When Truman toured Louisiana, he was so impressed with Neild's design of the Caddo Parish Courthouse that he contacted him to design the courthouse for his own Jackson County, Missouri. Neild was a consulting architect for the rehabilitation of the White House during the Truman years as well as the lead architect of the Truman Presidential Library. He also designed many campus buildings for Louisiana Tech University in Ruston.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Neild, Edward F. )〕〔The Louisiana Historical Association used the ''Kansas City Star'', July 6, 1955, and ''The New York Times'' and ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', both July 7, 1955, in its biographical sketch of Edward F. Neild.〕 A number of Neild's works have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as significant buildings for their architecture. In addition to their son, Neild and his wife, the former Ethel Land (1887-1970), who married on December 17, 1907, had a daughter,〔 Elizabeth "Betty" Neild Van Hook (1915-2010), the wife of the late James A. Van Hook. Neild died in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of seventy. The Neilds are interred at Forest Park Cemetery East in Shreveport.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Betty Neild Van Hook )〕 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「Edward F. Neild」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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