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Renowned architect Edgar Tafel receives honorary degree at Geneseo.


Internationally acclaimed architect Edgar Tafel, the unofficial guardian of the Frank Lloyd Wright School, will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Noun 1. Doctor of Fine Arts - an honorary degree in fine arts
honorary degree, honoris causa - a degree conferred to honor the recipient
 degree from the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state.  at Geneseo during the university's May 19, 2001 commencement ceremony.

Tafel is being honored by the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors.  of the State University of New York and SUNY SUNY - State University of New York  Geneseo for his distinguished career as an architect, author and lecturer. He contributed to the design of several SUNY campuses, including the 1964 Master Plan for SUNY Geneseo and its design gem, the Broadie Fine Arts Building The Fine Arts Building may refer to:
  • Fine Arts Building (Chicago)
  • Fine Arts Building (Los Angeles), also known as the Standard Oil Building
  • Fine Arts Building (Detroit)
, in 1969. Not content with simply designing the Broadie Fine Arts Building, Tafel also secured the donation of ten French modern paintings for the building's permanent collection and donated an original Peacock Chair designed by architectural icon Frank Lloyd Wright, his teacher during his 1932 to 1941 Taliesin Fellowship apprenticeship.

In addition to his prolific and successful career in architecture, Tafel is an author and lecturer on Frank Lloyd Wright. He has written numerous articles and two books, as well as produced a film on his late mentor.
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Title Annotation:Doctor of Fine Arts from State University of New York at Geneseo
Publication:Real Estate Weekly
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:May 9, 2001
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