Thomas "Tom" Spight Hines, Jr. (born 1936 in
Oxford
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) is an American
architectural historian
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Professional requirements
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and
educator
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. Hines is Professor Emeritus of History, as well as Architecture and Urban Design, at the
University of California, Los Angeles
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.
Career
Born to Polly and Thomas Sr. in
Oxford
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, Hines received his
Bachelor of Arts
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in
Liberal Arts
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from the
University of Mississippi
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in 1958, and was a member of
Omicron Delta Kappa
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. He then earned his
Doctor of Philosophy
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in
History
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from the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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in 1971. His dissertation focused on the
architect
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Daniel Burnham
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, and was written under the supervision of William L. O'Neill. Since graduating, Hines has taught at the
University of California, Los Angeles
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, where he is now Professor Emeritus of History, and has a joint appointment for Architecture and Urban Design, as well.
In 1976, Hines won the
John H. Dunning Prize from the
American Historical Association
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for his book on Burnham titled ''Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner''. In addition to Burnham, Hines has also written extensively on the architects
Irving Gill
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,
Richard Neutra
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, and
Frank Lloyd Wright
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.
In 1987, Hines was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship
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. Seven years later, he was elected to the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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.
The archive of Hines is currently held by the
Getty Research Institute
The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts". .
Works
*''Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner'', Oxford University Press, 1974
*''Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture'', Oxford University Press, 1982
*''Irving Gill and the Architecture of Reform'', Monacelli Press, 2000
*''William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha'', University of California Press, 1997
*''Architecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism, 1900-1970'', Rizzoli Press, 2010
See also
*
List of American Academy of Arts and Sciences members (1994–2005)
*
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1987
*
List of people from Oxford, Mississippi
*
List of University of California, Los Angeles people
This is a list of notable present and former faculty, staff, and students of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Notable alumni
Nobel laureates
* Ralph Bunche – recipient of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize
* Richard F. Heck – r ...
*
List of University of Mississippi alumni
*
List of University of Wisconsin–Madison people in academics
References
External links
UCLA profileFORT profile
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1936 births
Living people
People from Oxford, Mississippi
American architectural historians
American architecture writers
American male non-fiction writers
University of Mississippi alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
University of California, Los Angeles faculty