Frederick Gutheim

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Frederick Albert Gutheim (March 3, 1908 – October 2, 1993) was an urban planner and historian, architect, and author. He is noted for writing The Potomac, a history of the Potomac River and the 40th volume in the Rivers of America Series, and Worthy of the Nation a history of the development of Washington, D.C.[1]

Career

Gutheim was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1931, and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. He served in the Army during World War II.

In addition to writing many books, Gutheim served as the staff director of the

congressional committee on Washington Metropolitan Problems and was the president of the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies. He was also on the JFK's Advisory Council on Pennsylvania Avenue and the National Capital Regional Planning Council.[2]

While serving on these committees, he wrote articles for the

.

The pinnacle of his career may have been the photographic exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. that he created of American architecture to celebrate 100th anniversary of the American Institute of Architects. The exhibition was heralded as an important landmark in American architecture, journalism, and academia.

Later in his career, in 1972, Gutheim was the national chairman of the

Sesquicentennial
Committee.

References

  1. ^ Inventory of the Frederick Albert Gutheim papers Rocky Mountain Online Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on February 27, 2008
  2. New York Times
    , Retrieved on February 20, 2008

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