Irving Morrow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American architect
Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1884
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, United States
Date of Death: 28-Oct-1952
Profession: architect
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Irving Morrow
- Irving Foster Morrow (September 22, 1884 – October 28, 1952) was an American architect best known for designing the Golden Gate Bridge. He was born and raised in Oakland, California, the son of Susie (née Kirkman) and James Alexander Morrow, who was the president of a metal works in Oakland.
- Morrow was a lifelong resident of the Bay Area.Morrow graduated from the newly founded University of California, Berkeley architecture program in 1906.
- He then attended the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1908 until 1911.
- He moved back to Oakland and began practicing architecture in San Francisco and Oakland.
- He designed houses, banks, theatres, hotels, schools, and commercial buildings.
- He married Gertrude Comfort Morrow, a fellow architect and UC Berkeley graduate.
- He worked with Gertrude and architect William I.
- Garren, and with them designed the Alameda-Contra Costa County Building for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.
- Morrow and his associates also designed the rectory and guest house of the Mission San Juan Bautista.
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