Michael Graves gets the job done!
 | Michael and FamilyMichael was born July 9th, 1934 in Indianapolis, Indiana He married Gail Devine, his high school girlfriend, in 1955. They divorced. He married Lucy James, a dancer, from 1972-1977.His father, Thomas Browning Graves was a livestock trader. His wife, Erma Lowe Graves, was trained as a nurse, but quit the profession to raise her two sons. His mother lost her leg to cancer. Michael and Gail Graves had two children. |
History
Michael Graves is an American architect. Identified as one of The New York Five. Graves was known first for his contemporary building designs and some prominent public commissions. Graves was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Broad Ripple High School, receiving his diploma in 1952. He earned a Bachelor's Degree from the University Of Cincinnati where he also became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He earned a Master's Degree in architecture from Hartford University. Graves was one of the most celebrated Post Modern architects of the 1980's. His Portland Public Services Building was cited as one of the most influential and complex buildings of its time. As a teenager, Graves did not excel in school, but played sports and drew. His drawing became his most notable talent. Graves, as a teen, also shifted religions on his own, from Presbyterianism to Episcopalianism, because he preferred the ritualism of the latter's services.
