Paul E. Sprague Jr. *69

An American architectural history educator, Paul died Dec. 12, 2023, in Milledgeville, Ga.

He was born Feb. 28, 1933, in Cumberland, Md. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers in 1954 and served in the Air Force for three years. He did postgraduate work at Oberlin before earning a Ph.D. in art and archaeology from Princeton in 1969.

Paul held faculty positions at Lake Forest, Notre Dame, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He served as a consultant to the City of Lake Forest, Ill., and was the proprietor of History Preservation Services in Chicago. Paul’s publications include Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Architecture in Oak Park and The Architectural Ornament of Louis Sullivan and His Chief Draftsmen.

Paul was a board member of the Society of Architectural Historians, the Midwest Art History Society, and the Society of Industrial Archaeology. A member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, he served as vice president of the Victorian Society in America.

Paul is survived by his wife, Susan; and daughters Sharon and Wendy.

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