He was born in
Cleveland, Ohio and attended the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the age of sixteen. He graduated with a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical engineering in 1941. He later received an M.B.A. from
Harvard and a J.D. from
Case Western Reserve University. He oversaw the construction of the
Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building and the
Hart Senate Office Building, as well as the restoration of the old
Supreme Court and
Senate chambers. ==References==