Richmond (Harold) Shreve

Shreve stu­died at Cor­nell Uni­ver­sity School of Ar­chi­tec­ture. He was a mem­ber of the firm of Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, whose works in­clu­ded the Em­pire State Buil­ding, mi­li­tary and naval in­stal­la­ti­ons, and pu­blic and pri­vate hou­sing projects. He was the di­rec­tor of the Slum Cle­arance Com­mit­tee of New York in 1933, pre­si­dent of the Ame­ri­can In­sti­tute of Ar­chi­tects from 1941 to 1943, and a mem­ber of the Royal In­sti­tute of Bri­tish Ar­chi­tects. He es­ta­blis­hed the Shreve, Lamb & Har­mon fel­lowship at Cor­nell Uni­ver­sity.