Albert Kahn, world famous Jewish industrial architect who designed many of the United States military and naval installations here and abroad, and who built most of the factories of the automotive industry as well as scores of airplane plants in more recent years, died here today at the age of 73.
Mr. kahn was born in Rhaunem, Westphalia in 1869 and came to the United States in 1881. He learned his profession as an assistant in a Detroit architect’s office. In World War I he was the Chief Architect of the Aircraft Construction Division of the Army. In 1929 he was commissioned by the Russian Government to design and erect several industrial buildings at Stalingrad and along the Volga River and the Caspian Sea.
Last June the American Institute of Architects awarded a special meadal to Mr. kahn, the first time the group had made such an award since its founding in 1857. At that time the Institute pointed out that Mr. kahn ” has been variously designated as ” The World’s No. 1 Industrial Designer and United Nations No. 1 War Plant Designer.”
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