C. Howard Walker

For forty-nine years Wal­ker was as­so­cia­ted with the ar­chi­tec­ture de­part­ment of the Mas­sa­chu­setts In­sti­tute of Tech­no­logy, re­ti­ring as pre­si­dent eme­ri­tus in 1933. He also lec­tu­red at the New Eng­land Con­ser­va­tory of Arts, of which he was one of the foun­ders. He had de­si­gned many struc­tu­res in every sec­tion of the United Sta­tes and was architect-in-chief of the Omaha Ex­po­si­tion in 1898 and the St. Louis Ex­po­si­tion in 1904. He ful­fil­led many no­ta­ble com­mis­si­ons in grea­ter Bos­ton. He was a pioneer au­to­mo­bile de­si­gner and had been edi­tor of The Ar­chi­tec­tu­ral Re­view. He also be­longed to the Na­tio­nal Fine Arts Com­mis­sion, Ame­ri­can Aca­demy of Arts and Sci­en­ces, Na­tio­nal In­sti­tute of Arts and Let­ters, Ame­ri­can Fe­de­ra­tion of Arts, Bos­ton So­ciety of Arts and Crafts, ho­no­rary mem­ber of the Cop­ley So­ciety, Bos­ton So­ciety of Ar­chi­tects, and was a cor­re­spon­ding mem­ber of the Royal In­sti­tute of Bri­tish Ar­chi­tects. He was one of six de­le­ga­tes from the United Sta­tes to the In­ter­na­tio­nal Con­gress of Ar­chi­tects in Bu­da­pest in 1930.