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Alfred Easton Poor
American architect
Alfred Easton Poor (May 24, 1899 – January 13, 1988) was an American architect noted particularly for buildings and projects in New York City and in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. government.
A son of Charles Lane Poor, Alfred Poor served in the U.S. Navy in World War I and in the U.S. Navy Reserve in World War II.[1]
As a student at the University of Pennsylvania, he studied under Paul Philippe Cret.[2][3]
Poor served as the president of the National Academy of Design in New York from 1966 to 1977, organizing its 150th anniversary in 1975.[4] He has been called "one of America's most prominent twentieth century architects"[2] and a "prominent member of the international school of modern architecture."[5]