Born June 14, 1934, McLaughlin was educated at
Yale University, receiving a
B.A. in 1956, and a
M.Arch in 1958. After graduation, he served as a
Lieutenant in the
United States Air Force, and married Eve Pell in 1959, a cousin of
Claiborne Pell (the
Rhode Island Senator who established the
Pell Grants providing financial aid for college students), a
debutante, and the author of
We Used to Own the Bronx and
Love Again. They had 3 sons: Daniel, Peter and John, and divorced in 1970. McLaughlin married (2nd) Susan Marie Hartman in 1987. They had 2 daughters: Grace Corinne and Gwendolyn Amy. In 1963, McLaughlin co-founded the firm KMD (Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz), with architect Ellis Kaplan, joined in 1970 by the architect Jim Diaz. According to KMD's website: "Under Herb's direction, KMD won over 200 design awards, including 40 from AIA chapters and affiliates. Awards include: the Urban Landscape - Toshi Keikan Prize for Achievement for Nadya Park (International Design Center, Nagoya, Japan); the Chicago Athenaeum award for Kookmin Bank Headquarters in Seoul; and five awards by the AIA Committee on Architecture including two with special Citations. The firm has also been recognized for its success in international design competitions". In 1987, McLaughlin established the Brendan Gill Lectureship Fund at his
alma mater, Yale University (B.A. 1956, M.Arch. 1958) to honor his friend, the writer and critic
Brendan Gill (B.A. 1936). He also established architecture scholarships at
UC Berkeley and
Technion (Israel Institute of Technology). == Publications ==