Alden B. Dow (April 10, 1904 – August 20, 1983) was an American architect. The son of Herbert Henry Dow (founder of the Dow Chemical Company) and Grace A. Dow, Dow is known for his prolific architectural design. During a career that spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, he designed more than 70 residences and dozens of churches, schools, civic and art centers, and commercial buildings. His personal house in Midland, the Midland Center for the Arts, as well as the current building for the Grace A. Dow Library (named in honor of his mother) are examples of his work based in his hometown.
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“The woman was old and ragged and gray
And bent with the chill of the Winter’s day.”
—Mary Dow Brine (1816–1913)