Master Architects of Alpha Rho Chi
"Master Architect" is a special classification of membership in the fraternity to honor brothers who have gained national prominence in the field of architecture, the allied arts, or who have made significant contributions to the built environment.
The following individuals have been installed as Master Architect (with year honored):
- Nathan Clifford Ricker (1914)
- Cass Gilbert (1924)
- Eliel Saarinen (1942)
- John Wellborn Root, Jr. (1951)
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1966)
- Richard Buckminster Fuller (1970)
- I.M. Pei (1981)
- Robert Ivy (2010)
Pei is the only Master Architect of Alpha Rho Chi not to be a member of the fraternity.
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