User:Noravarian/Suren pilafian

Suren Pilafian was an Armenian-American, born in Smyrna, Turkey before the Armentian genocide. He was born in 1911 and immigrated to the United States with his parents. He studied architecture. In 1939 he won an architectural competition to design the campus of Wayne University in Detroit, Michigan. His buildings on the campus of what is now known as Wayne State University include State Hall, the Engineering Building, the Kresge Science Library and the Manoogian Language Arts Bldg., among others. He is also known as the architect of St. John Armenian Apostolic Church. Mr. Pilafian was in partnership with Frank Montana who later became the Dean of Architecture at Notre Dame University.