1. George Edwin Bergstrom was an American architect who designed many buildings in Los Angeles, California.
13 Facts About George Bergstrom
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George Edwin Bergstrom was born in Neenah, Wisconsin, of Norwegian immigrant ancestry.
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George Bergstrom's father, George O Bergstrom, was a prominent businessman and local politician.
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George Edwin Bergstrom attended Phillips-Andover Academy, and was in the Yale University class of 1896.
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George Bergstrom earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899.
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From 1905 to 1915, Bergstrom was in partnership with architect John Parkinson.
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George Bergstrom designed buildings for the Elks Club and the Commercial Club in downtown Los Angeles, and collaborated with architect William Lee Woollett on Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre for impresario Sid Grauman.
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Between 1925 and 1931, George Bergstrom associated on the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, with the Pasadena architectural firm of Haskell and Bennett, which was composed of John Cyril Bennett and Fitch Harrison Haskell.
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George Bergstrom was replaced as chief architect by Witmer in April 1942 following Bergstorm's resignation due to unrelated charges of improper conduct while he was president of the American Institute of Architects.
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Active in civic affairs, George Bergstrom served as president of the Municipal Housing Commission for seven years and was a member of the Municipal Art Commission.
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George Bergstrom served as chairman of the advisory board of the University of Southern California's School of Architecture.
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George Bergstrom was president of the Southern California chapter of the American Institute of Architects for two years, and served three years as director of the institute.
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George Bergstrom died in 1955 and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.