Gene Leedy
Biography
Gene Leedy was an American modernist architect active in Florida and the founder of the Sarasota School of Architecture, whose members included Paul Rudolph and Victor Lundy. His father, Cecil H. Leedy, was the head of a coal company, and his mother, Ethyl F. Leedy, was a one-room schoolteacher. The family later moved to Gainesville, Florida, where his father opened a small restaurant and Gene enrolled at the University of Florida. In July 1950, he married Kathryn Hoge, and they first settled in Sarasota, moving to Winter Haven in 1954, where he opened his own studio. In 1958, he divorced, and in March 1960, he married Marjorie F. Ingram. In 1965, Architectural Record magazine selected him as one of the most successful young architects. In addition to projects across the U.S., including Hawaii, he designed a large apartment complex for the Malaysian government. His work has been published in the U.S. and Europe, and he has received over 50 architectural awards at the national level. In 1988, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Florida Association of Architects. In 1992, he became an honorary member of the AIA, and in 1993, he received the Graduate Award from the University of Florida.
Gene Leedy was an American modernist architect active in Florida and the founder of the Sarasota School of Architecture, whose members included Paul Rudolph and Victor Lundy. His father, Cecil H. Leedy, was the head of a coal company, and his mother, Ethyl F. Leedy, was a one-room schoolteacher. The family later moved to Gainesville, Florida, where his father opened a small restaurant and Gene enrolled at the University of Florida. In July 1950, he married Kathryn Hoge, and they first settled in Sarasota, moving to Winter Haven in 1954, where he opened his own studio. In 1958, he divorced, and in March 1960, he married Marjorie F. Ingram. In 1965, Architectural Record magazine selected him as one of the most successful young architects. In addition to projects across the U.S., including Hawaii, he designed a large apartment complex for the Malaysian government. His work has been published in the U.S. and Europe, and he has received over 50 architectural awards at the national level. In 1988, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Florida Association of Architects. In 1992, he became an honorary member of the AIA, and in 1993, he received the Graduate Award from the University of Florida.
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