ASU University President 1933-1959
death certificate
"The assassination of King Feisal II in Iraq in 1958 had one lasting effect in Arizona: It brought us Grady Gammage Auditorium.
Feisal had contracted with architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design an opera house for Baghdad. Wright's design was suitably theatrical, envisioning a building with spires like minarets and covered with Arabic gingerbread. It was to sit on one end of an island in the middle of the Tigris River,
So, the designs remained unused until the late 1950s when Arizona State University President Grady Gammage asked his friend, Wright, whether he might be able to design an auditorium for the university.
Wright, never one to waste his effort, pulled out the Baghdad design and began stripping it down to fit the university budget. The result is Grady Gammage Auditorium, the most beautiful hideous building in the state."
Bio courtesy of Don Stowell (#46794548)
death certificate
"The assassination of King Feisal II in Iraq in 1958 had one lasting effect in Arizona: It brought us Grady Gammage Auditorium.
Feisal had contracted with architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design an opera house for Baghdad. Wright's design was suitably theatrical, envisioning a building with spires like minarets and covered with Arabic gingerbread. It was to sit on one end of an island in the middle of the Tigris River,
So, the designs remained unused until the late 1950s when Arizona State University President Grady Gammage asked his friend, Wright, whether he might be able to design an auditorium for the university.
Wright, never one to waste his effort, pulled out the Baghdad design and began stripping it down to fit the university budget. The result is Grady Gammage Auditorium, the most beautiful hideous building in the state."
Bio courtesy of Don Stowell (#46794548)
ASU University President 1933-1959
death certificate
"The assassination of King Feisal II in Iraq in 1958 had one lasting effect in Arizona: It brought us Grady Gammage Auditorium.
Feisal had contracted with architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design an opera house for Baghdad. Wright's design was suitably theatrical, envisioning a building with spires like minarets and covered with Arabic gingerbread. It was to sit on one end of an island in the middle of the Tigris River,
So, the designs remained unused until the late 1950s when Arizona State University President Grady Gammage asked his friend, Wright, whether he might be able to design an auditorium for the university.
Wright, never one to waste his effort, pulled out the Baghdad design and began stripping it down to fit the university budget. The result is Grady Gammage Auditorium, the most beautiful hideous building in the state."
Bio courtesy of Don Stowell (#46794548)
death certificate
"The assassination of King Feisal II in Iraq in 1958 had one lasting effect in Arizona: It brought us Grady Gammage Auditorium.
Feisal had contracted with architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design an opera house for Baghdad. Wright's design was suitably theatrical, envisioning a building with spires like minarets and covered with Arabic gingerbread. It was to sit on one end of an island in the middle of the Tigris River,
So, the designs remained unused until the late 1950s when Arizona State University President Grady Gammage asked his friend, Wright, whether he might be able to design an auditorium for the university.
Wright, never one to waste his effort, pulled out the Baghdad design and began stripping it down to fit the university budget. The result is Grady Gammage Auditorium, the most beautiful hideous building in the state."
Bio courtesy of Don Stowell (#46794548)
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