John S. Chase

John Saunders Chase Jr.
BornJanuary 23, 1925
Annapolis, Maryland
DiedMarch 29, 2012(2012-03-29) (aged 87)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHampton University
University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture
OccupationArchitect

John Saunders Chase Jr. (January 23, 1925[1] – March 29, 2012) was born in Annapolis, Maryland, to John Saunders Chase and Alice Viola Hall. He was an American architect who was the first licensed African American architect in the state of Texas.[2] He was also the only Black architect licensed in the state for almost a decade. He was also the first African American to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, which reviewed the design for the United States Vietnam Veterans Memorial.[3]

Chase received Distinguished Alumni Awards from Hampton University (1961) and the University of Texas at Austin (1989 and 1992).

  1. ^ "John Chase Biography". Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  2. ^ "NOMA Founders". National Organization of Minority Architects - NOMA. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  3. ^ Thomas E. Luebke, ed., Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix B, p. 542.