Person in history

Michael Graves

Michael Graves, American architect and academic, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (born 1934)

Life at a glance

Died
2015 · March 12

Their story

Who they were

Michael Graves was an American architect, designer, and educator, and principal of Michael Graves and Associates and Michael Graves Design Group. He was a member of The New York Five and the Memphis Group and a professor of architecture at Princeton University for nearly forty years. Following his own partial paralysis in 2003, Graves became an internationally recognized advocate of health care design.

Why this date

Michael Graves appears on our March 12 calendar for 2015 as a death entry.

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Questions about Michael Graves

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March 12 2015.

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