John Lockwood McShane ’52 *58
John studied at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and served in the Army in Germany before joining us to study architecture and join Cottage. He played lacrosse and belonged to the Thursday Night Warm-up Club as well as the American Institute of Architects student chapter. He roomed with Herb Owen and Phil Uzielli.
After employment in the office of Baltimore architect James R. Edmunds, he returned to Princeton and earned an MFA. He then worked in the New York office of McKim, Mead & White as well as for Rogers and Butler. He returned to Baltimore in 1959 to work for architects Rogers, Taliaferro and Lamb, then in private practice from 1961 designing schools, residences, and retail buildings in post-modernist style.
Among his private interests were the Ladew Foundation and the Green Spring Valley Hounds, where he rode a thoroughbred, Colonel Muggins.
John died Nov. 13, 2021. He is survived by his second wife, Joan; and his children, Kathleen, Lee, and J. Lockwood. To them the class sends its best wishes with respect for John’s military service.
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