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ALVAR AALTO

1898 BORN IN KUORTANE ON 3 FEBRUARY
1916
GRADUATED AS A MATRICULATED
1921 STUDENT AT JYVÄSKYLÄ LYSEO

1923–27 GRADUATED AS AN ARCHITECT AT THE HEL-
1927–33 SINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
1933–
1943–58 ARCHITECTS’ OFFICE IN JYVÄSKYLÄ

1946–48 ARCHITECTS’ OFFICE IN TURKU

1955– ARCHITECTS’ OFFICE IN HELSINKI

1963–68 CHAIRMAN OF THE FINNISH ASSOCIATION OF
1976 ARCHITECTS (HONORARY MEMBER FROM 1958
ONWARDS)

PROFESSORSHIP AT THE MASSACHUSETTS IN-
STITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CAMBRIDGE, USA)

ACADEMY OF FINLAND MEMBER
(EMERITUS MEMBER SINCE 1968)

DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY OF FINLAND

DIED IN HELSINKI ON 11 MAY

AN HONORARY DOCTOR IN A NUMBER OF
HIGHLY ESTEEMED UNIVERSITIES IN EUROPE
AND THE UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS HON-
ORARY MEMBERSHIP IN NUMEROUS ARTISTIC
AND INDUSTRIAL ART ORGANISATIONS ALL
OVER THE WORLD