Daniel (H[udson]) Burnham

Ten years old he was taken to Chi­cago where he spent the grea­ter part of his life. He was the chief of con­struc­tion and di­rec­tor of works of the World's Fair in Chi­cago in 1893. He de­si­gned many pro­mi­nent buil­dings in New York and Chi­cago, and when San Fran­cisco was de­va­s­ta­ted by the ear­t­h­quake he was cal­led to di­rect the lay­ing out of the new city. He held ho­no­rary de­grees from our pro­mi­nent uni­ver­si­ties, was a fel­low and twice pre­si­dent of the Ame­ri­can In­sti­tute of Ar­chi­tects, and a mem­ber of the Na­tio­nal In­sti­tute of Arts and Let­ters, and chair­man of the Fe­deral Com­mis­sion of Fine Arts. He was awar­ded a bronze medal at the Paris Ex­po­si­tion in 1900 and a gold medal at the St. Louis Ex­po­si­tion in 1904.

When ten years old Burn­ham was taken to Chi­cago where he spent the grea­ter part of his life. He was the chief of con­struc­tion and di­rec­tor of works of the World's Fair in Chi­cago in 1893. He de­si­gned many pro­mi­nent buil­dings in New York and Chi­cago, and when San Fran­cisco was de­va­s­ta­ted by the ear­t­h­quake he was cal­led to di­rect the lay­ing out of the new city. He held ho­no­rary de­grees from our pro­mi­nent uni­ver­si­ties, was a fel­low and twice pre­si­dent of the Ame­ri­can In­sti­tute of Ar­chi­tects, and a mem­ber of the Na­tio­nal In­sti­tute of Arts and Let­ters, and chair­man of the Fe­deral Com­mis­sion of Fine Arts. He was awar­ded a bronze medal at the Paris Ex­po­si­tion in 1900 and a gold medal at the St. Louis Ex­po­si­tion in 1904.