28 Facts About Dan Dworsky

Daniel Leonard Dworsky was an American architect who was a longstanding member of the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows.

Dan Dworsky is known for a controversy with Frank Gehry over the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Previously, Dan Dworsky was an American football linebacker, fullback and center who played professional football for the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference in 1949, and college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1945 to 1948.

Dan Dworsky was an All-American on Michigan's undefeated national championship teams in 1947 and 1948.

Dan Dworsky was a four-year starter for Fritz Crisler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1945 to 1948.

Dan Dworsky played linebacker, fullback, and center for the Michigan Wolverines and was a key player on the undefeated 1947 and 1948 Michigan football teams that won consecutive national championships.

Dan Dworsky won a total of six varsity letters at Michigan, four in football and two in wrestling where he competed in the heavyweight division.

Dan Dworsky is among the famous Jews in football, and has been extensively profiled in encyclopedic Jewish publications.

Dan Dworsky married the former Sylvia Ann Taylor on August 10,1957.

Dan Dworsky played fullback and center for the 1947 team and was named a third team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association.

Dan Dworsky recalled that the coaching staff did an excellent job of scouting the Trojans.

Dan Dworsky played center during the Rose Bowl, blocking USC's All-American tackle, John Ferraro.

Dan Dworsky was a four-year starter under Michigan's legendary coach, Fritz Crisler.

Dan Dworsky later said that Crisler's "real genius" was in blending all the elements.

Dan Dworsky ran practices rigidly and we called him 'The Lord'.

Dan Dworsky was a Douglas MacArthur-type figure, handsome and rigid.

In 1949, Dan Dworsky was the first round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference.

Dan Dworsky played eleven games with the Dons in 1949, his only season in professional football.

The AAFC disbanded after the 1949 season, and Dan Dworsky turned down an offer from the Pittsburgh Steelers to return to the University of Michigan where he graduated in 1950 with a degree in architecture.

In 1953, Dan Dworsky began his own architecture firm in Los Angeles, known as Dan Dworsky Associates.

Dan Dworsky Associates won the 1984 Firm of the Year Award from the California Council of the American Institute of Architects.

In September 2000, Dan Dworsky Associates merged with CannonDesign and ceased to operate as an independent firm.

Dan Dworsky belongs to the generation of post-World War II modernists that took its cues from the 1920s German Bauhaus and the French-Swiss master Le Corbusier.

Dan Dworsky designed a yellow "Block M" for the stands on the eastern side of the stadium, just above the tunnel.

Dan Dworsky was selected to translate Gehry's conceptual designs into working drawings that would meet building code specifications.

Dan Dworsky was eventually told to stop working on the drawings before he completed them, but he defended himself against Gehry's criticism.

Dan Dworsky died in Los Angeles on January 19,2022, at the age of 94.

Dan Dworsky has received numerous national, regional and community awards for design excellence, including the following:.