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'''[[Gutheim, Frederick A. (33752429)|Frederick A. Gutheim]]''' (3 March 1908 – 1993), known as Fritz among colleagues, was an American planner, architecture critic, and Ritchie Boy (Class 22) who later wrote ''The Potomac'' and taught historic preservation.
'''[[Gutheim, Frederick Albert (33752429)|Frederick Albert Gutheim]]''' (3 March 1908 – 1993), known as Fritz among colleagues, was an American planner, architecture critic, and Ritchie Boy ([[:Category:Class 22|Class 22]]) who later wrote ''The Potomac'' and taught historic preservation.
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Frederick Albert Gutheim was born on 3 March 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and grew up in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the Experimental College of the University of Wisconsin in 1931, studied further at the University of Chicago, and entered housing and planning work through the Brookings Institution and federal agencies. He married Mary “Polly” Purdon in 1935.
Frederick Albert Gutheim was born on 3 March 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and grew up in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the Experimental College of the University of Wisconsin in 1931, studied further at the University of Chicago, and entered housing and planning work through the Brookings Institution and federal agencies. He married Mary “Polly” Purdon in 1935.


During World War II the Army brought him to Maryland through the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie (Class 22). After the war he and Mary settled at Mount Ephraim near Dickerson, Maryland.
During World War II the Army brought him to Maryland through the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 22|Class 22]]). After the war he and Mary settled at Mount Ephraim near Dickerson, Maryland.


Gutheim became the New York ''Herald Tribune''’s architecture critic (1947–49), published ''The Potomac'' (1949), consulted and taught widely, founded the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies, and established George Washington University’s historic preservation program. An activist for Sugarloaf Mountain and regional conservation, he died in 1993 at age 85.
Gutheim became the New York ''Herald Tribune''’s architecture critic (1947–49), published ''The Potomac'' (1949), consulted and taught widely, founded the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies, and established George Washington University’s historic preservation program. An activist for Sugarloaf Mountain and regional conservation, he died in 1993 at age 85.
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* 3 March 1908 — Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts; raised in Washington, D.C.
* 3 March 1908 — Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts; raised in Washington, D.C.
* 1930s–1940s — Brookings / federal housing and planning work.
* 1931 — Graduated, Experimental College, University of Wisconsin; later University of Chicago graduate study.
* 1931 — Graduated, Experimental College, University of Wisconsin; later University of Chicago graduate study.
* 1935 — Married Mary “Polly” Purdon.
* 1935 — Married Mary “Polly” Purdon.
* 1930s–1940s — Brookings / federal housing and planning work.
* 1947–49 — Architecture critic, New York Herald Tribune; 1949 — published The Potomac.
* 1993 — Died, age 85.
* Camp Ritchie Class 22 — Military Intelligence Training Center.
* Camp Ritchie Class 22 — Military Intelligence Training Center.
* Postwar — Mount Ephraim near Dickerson, Maryland.
* Postwar — Mount Ephraim near Dickerson, Maryland.
* 1947–49 — Architecture critic, New York Herald Tribune; 1949 — published The Potomac.
* Later career — consulting, GWU historic preservation program, Sugarloaf Regional Trails / conservation activism.
* Later career — consulting, GWU historic preservation program, Sugarloaf Regional Trails / conservation activism.
* 1993 — Died, age 85.
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