Biography Summary of Neal Adair Prince

Neal A. Prince, AIA, ASID (Curriculum Vitae)

Neal Prince's Biography

NEAL ADAIR PRINCE, Architect Emeritus, ASID -Biography Summary

ARCHITECT, INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGNER, PLAYWRIGHT, DIRECTOR

PERSONAL

b. Corsicana, Texas, 1921; son, Fred Douglas (in the Oil and Gas Industry, was widely known as "FD Prince") and Opal T. Prince; mar. Frances Wooters Denman, October 7, 1944 (div. 1951); 2 sons, Neal Denman Prince, b. 1946 & Peyton Denman Prince, b. 1949 (grandchildren, Justin Prince, b. 1982 and Allyson Prince, b. 1986); 1950-1967 associated with Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.; 1969-1991 associated with George Kocyk.

EDUCATION

1934-38 Corsicana High School, Graduated 1938

1938-43 Rice University, Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering,

CAREER

1944-46, served to 1st Lt. 39th Combat of Engineers HQ, United States Army;

1947-48, Architect, Ernest L. Shultz Architect, Houston, Texas;

1949, Playwright and Business Manager, Houston Little Theatre, Houston, Texas;

1950, Director, Wyndham Playhouse, New Hampshire;

1950-53, Architect, York & Sawyer Architects, New York, New York;

1954-57, Architect and Designer, Schoen & Hennessy Architects, New York, New York;

1958-60, Chief Architect and Designer, Walter M. Ballard Corporation, New York, New York;

1961-85 Vice President Interior & Graphic Design Division, Pan-Am / Inter-Continental Hotels Corporation;

1986-00 President, Prince Hotels Development PHD, Inc., New York, New York;

2001-Present, International Interior Designer Consultant to the Hospitality Industry;

MEMBERSHIPS

American Institute of Architects,

Texas Board of Architectural Examiners (1949-2010),

American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) (1975-2010),

(Previously National Society of Interior Designers (1957-1975))

(Peviously AID (1949-1957))

Actor's Equity Association (1950-2010)

AWARDS

Neal A. Prince, A.I.D., N.S.I.D. (A.S.I.D.), has received numerous awards for various International Interior Designs, including Institutions Magazine awards for the outstanding Interior Designs of the Hotel Inter-Continental Genève, Geneva, Switzerland and the Hotel Siam Inter-Continental Bangkok, Thailand.

In 2000, Mr. Prince was introduced as a candidate for consideration to be nominated in being inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame by Ms. Trisha Wilson, of Wilson and Associates.

PUBLISHED CREDITS OF NEAL A. PRINCE

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"A Room With A World View", by James E. Potter

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Publication: "Hotel Specification International" (Premier Trade Publication)

"Throw Away The Key"

by Max Hampton, 1966, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, Publishers, New York

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