Howard Van Doren Shaw

Shaw was a gra­duate of Yale Uni­ver­sity and the Mas­sa­chu­setts In­sti­tute of Tech­no­logy. He be­came a mem­ber of the Ame­ri­can In­sti­tute of Ar­chi­tects in 1906 and was made a Fel­low in 1907. The gold medal of the Ame­ri­can In­sti­tute of Ar­chi­tects for ar­chi­tec­tu­ral achie­ve­ment was awar­ded to him just be­fore his death. He de­si­gned the Good­man Me­mo­rial Thea­ter in Chi­cago, which func­tions with the Art In­sti­tute, the Qua­drangle Club, the Church of the Di­sci­ples of Christ, the Pull­man Trust and Sa­vings Bank, and many re­si­den­ces in Chi­cago and el­sew­here. He also plan­ned the model steel town of In­diana Har­bor and the Mar­ket Square at Lake Fo­rest, Il­li­nois.