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Frederick A. Gutheim
| Frederick A. Gutheim | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Fritz Gutheim |
| Born | 3 March 1908 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Died | 1993 |
| Nativity | United States |
| Religion | Protestant |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 33752429 |
| Rank | Private |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 22 (23 August – 21 October 1944) |
| Section | 6C |
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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.
Biography[edit | edit source]
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.
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.
Research notes[edit | edit source]
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Technical record[edit | edit source]
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Approx Age at Death | 85 |
| Class_ASN | 33752429 |
| Class_Name | GUTHEIM, Frederick A. |
| match_method | asn_exact_name_exact |
| row_source | both |
Timeline[edit | edit source]
- 3 March 1908 — Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts; raised in Washington, D.C.
- 1931 — Graduated, Experimental College, University of Wisconsin; later University of Chicago graduate study.
- 1935 — Married Mary “Polly” Purdon.
- 1930s–1940s — Brookings / federal housing and planning work.
- Camp Ritchie Class 22 — Military Intelligence Training Center.
- 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.
- 1993 — Died, age 85.
Sources[edit | edit source]
- University of Wyoming American Heritage Center — Frederick Gutheim papers / biography
- Baltimore Evening Sun, 1 December 1993 — “Salmagundi” column on Fritz / Frederick A. Gutheim (RB Archive ProQuest PDF; private copy, not uploaded)
- Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
- Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
- NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
- 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)