Art: Prix de Rome

In 1923 a trim, black-haired youth waited in line two days to register for a general commerce course in Notre Dame University. By the time he reached the registrar's desk a friend had persuaded him to switch to an architectural course. After one year at Notre Dame, he went to Catholic University in Washington, D. C. from which he graduated in 1929. During the next five years he taught as part-time instructor at Catholic University, worked in architects' offices in Washington and Manhattan, once won a Beaux Arts prize but was too hard...

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