Martin Inglis Aitken was born November 26, 1907 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Martin I. and Clara Aitken. His father was a banker and had been the Lincoln city treasurer. His grandfather James Aitken, a tailor in Lincoln in the 1880s and 1890s, immigrated from Scotland. Martin (Jr.) received his B.A. from the University of Nebraska in 1929, after which he became a draftsman for the firm Davis & Wilson. Aitken received his B.F.A. in Architecture from Yale University in 1933, and worked the next year in the Engineering Department of Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company (LT&T).
Martin Aitken began his own private practice in Lincoln in 1935. He was a principal involved in several related partnerships during the last few years of his life. Aitken died on July 14, 1974, and was survived by his wife and two children. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Nebraska Architects Association.
Martin Aitken began his own private practice in Lincoln in 1935. He was a principal involved in several related partnerships during the last few years of his life. Aitken died on July 14, 1974, and was survived by his wife and two children. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Nebraska Architects Association.
Martin Inglis Aitken was born November 26, 1907 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Martin I. and Clara Aitken. His father was a banker and had been the Lincoln city treasurer. His grandfather James Aitken, a tailor in Lincoln in the 1880s and 1890s, immigrated from Scotland. Martin (Jr.) received his B.A. from the University of Nebraska in 1929, after which he became a draftsman for the firm Davis & Wilson. Aitken received his B.F.A. in Architecture from Yale University in 1933, and worked the next year in the Engineering Department of Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company (LT&T).
Martin Aitken began his own private practice in Lincoln in 1935. He was a principal involved in several related partnerships during the last few years of his life. Aitken died on July 14, 1974, and was survived by his wife and two children. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Nebraska Architects Association.
Martin Aitken began his own private practice in Lincoln in 1935. He was a principal involved in several related partnerships during the last few years of his life. Aitken died on July 14, 1974, and was survived by his wife and two children. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Nebraska Architects Association.
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