George Malcolm White

{{Short description|American architect}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =

|name = George M. White

|image = George M. White.jpg

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|office = Architect of the Capitol

|term_start = January 27, 1971

|term_end = November 21, 1995

|president = Richard M. Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton

|predecessor = J. George Stewart

|successor = Alan M. Hantman

|birth_date = November 1, 1920

|birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio

|death_date = June 17, 2011 (aged 90)

|death_place = Bethesda, Maryland

|alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology

|occupation = Architect

|nationality = American

}}

George Malcolm White (November 1, 1920 – June 17, 2011{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/george-white-influential-and-long-serving-architect-of-the-capitol-dies-at-90/2011/06/23/AGGvvHiH_story.html|title=George White, influential and long-serving architect of the Capitol, dies at 90|author=Matt Schudel|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 23, 2011}}) was an American architect who served as the Architect of the Capitol from January 27, 1971 to November 21, 1995.

Life

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/us/23white.html?ref=deathsobituaries|title=George M. White, Architect of Capitol, Dies at 90|author=Bruce Weber|date=June 23, 2011|work=The New York Times}}

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