Robert Rodgers (architect) explained

Robert Rodgers
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Architect
Birth Date:	1 June 1895
Birth Place:	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Death Place:	Washington, DC, United States

Robert Perry Rodgers (July 1, 1895  - June 4, 1934) was an American architectwho served in the U.S. Navy in World War I.^[1] His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He graduated from Harvard University in 1917^[2] and École des Beaux-Arts.^{[3] [4]}

Along with New York architect Alfred Easton Poor, Rodgers won the open international design competition for the Wright Brothers National Memorial in 1928.^[5]

Rodgers was the last of the line of the Perry and Rodgers naval families. He was the great grandson of Commander Matthew C. Perry and son of Admiral John Augustus Rodgers Sr.

Rodgers lived at Sion Hill and in New York where he maintained his architecture firm. He died on June 4, 1934 after a short illness.

See also

• John Rodgers, Robert's brother
• Alfred Easton Poor, Rodger's partner in architecture projects

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1934-06-05 . Rodgers obituary . 2024-11-26 . Newspapers.com . Baltimore Sun . en-US.
2. Web site: 1917-03-01 . 87 DEGREES CONFERRED News The Harvard Crimson . 2024-11-26 . api.thecrimson.com . en.
3. Web site: Robert Rodgers . Olympedia . July 31, 2020.
4. Web site: Robert Perry Rodgers . Olympics.com.
5. Web site: Wright Brothers Monument (U.S. National Park Service) . 2024-11-26 . www.nps.gov . en.