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Moore School of Engineering Building, 33rd & Walnut Streets, Philadelphia

Alfred Bendiner (23 July 1899 - 19 March 1964) was an American architect and artist, perhaps best known for his humorous caricatures and cartoons.

He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Hungarian immigrants Herman and Ray Hartman Bendiner.[1] The family moved to Philadelphia, where he attended public schools, graduating from Northeast High School in 1917.[1]

Bendiner attended the Pennsylvania Museum School for less than a year, before enlisting in the U.S. Army during World War I.[2] He entered the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1922.[1] He worked in the architectural office of Stewardson & Page for a couple years, before being hired by architect Paul Philippe Cret.

The University of Pennsylvania purchased a former piano factory, at the southwest corner of 33rd & Walnut Streets, to house the Moore School of Engineering. Cret's office designed the alterations, 1925-1926, with Bendiner as architect in charge. In 1940, he designed the Moore School's third story addition.[3]

While working in Cret's office, Bendiner completed a Master of Architecture degree from Penn in 1927.[1] He took a year off to attend the American Academy in Rome, 1928-1929.[1]

Personal

Bendiner married fellow architect Elizabeth Sutro (1904-1991) in 1937.[2] She assisted him on an archaeological excavation in Guatemala in 1960.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Alfred Bendiner from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings.
  2. ^ a b Alfred Bendiner from Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
  3. ^ Pepper Musical Instrument Factory from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings.
  4. ^ Elizabeth S. Bendiner from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings.
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