Ralph A. Vaughn
| Ralph A. Vaughn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ralph Augustine Vaughn April 24, 1907 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | October 21, 2000 |
| Education | Armstrong Technical High School |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Occupation | Academic, architect, film set designer |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Estelle Christmas Fry |
| Children | Ronald Fry Vaughn |
| Parent(s) |
Roscoe I. Vaughn Mary Elizabeth (Waring) Vaughn |
Ralph A. Vaughn (1907-2000) was an African-American academic, architect and film set designer. Born in Washington, D.C., he was an Assistant Professor at Howard University before moving to Los Angeles, California, where he designed many buildings, houses and a synagogue. He was also a film set designer. He was one of the first African-American architects in Los Angeles.
Ralph Augustine Vaughn was born on April 24, 1907 in Washington, D.C.. His father, Roscoe I. Vaughn, was a teacher and architect in Washington, D.C.. He had three siblings.
He was educated at the Armstrong Technical High School, where his father taught, graduating in 1925. He attended Howard University, a historically black college, but took a year off and transferred to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture in 1932. He was in the same classes as William Pereira and Charles Luckman, both of whom became prominent architects. He founded the Pi Psi chapter of Omega Psi Phi, an African-American fraternity. He attended graduate school at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in the summer of 1932.
Vaughn worked as a draughtsman for Albert Cassell, another African-American architect who designed buildings on the campus of Howard University. He then worked as a draughtsman for the United States Department of Agriculture Resettlement Administration for two years. He also worked as a consultant for Hilyard Robinson.
He became a tenured Assistant Professor in 1935. Meanwhile, he was hired by Paul R. Williams, another African-American architect, as a chief craftsman for the Langston Terrace Dwellings.
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