Thomas Hines (architectural historian)

For the Confederate Army officer, see Thomas Hines. For the American politician, see Thomas Spight.

Thomas "Tom" Spight Hines, Jr. (born 1936 in Oxford) is an American architectural historian and educator. Hines is Professor Emeritus of History, as well as Architecture and Urban Design, at the University of California, Los Angeles.^[1]

Thomas Hines
Born	Thomas Spight Hines, Jr. 1936 (age 88–89) Oxford, Mississippi, United States
Occupation(s)	Professor Architectural historian
Awards	John H. Dunning Prize
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Mississippi University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thesis	Daniel Hudson Burnham: A Study in Cultural Leadership (1971)
Doctoral advisor	William L. O'Neill
Academic work
Institutions	University of California, Los Angeles

Career

Born to Polly and Thomas Sr. in Oxford, Hines received his Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from the University of Mississippi in 1958, and was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa. He then earned his Doctor of Philosophy in History from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1971. His dissertation focused on the architect Daniel Burnham, and was written under the supervision of William L. O'Neill.^[2] Since graduating, Hines has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is now Professor Emeritus of History, and has a joint appointment for Architecture and Urban Design, as well.

In 1976, Hines won the John H. Dunning Prize from the American Historical Association for his book on Burnham titled Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner. In addition to Burnham, Hines has also written extensively on the architects Irving Gill, Richard Neutra, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

In 1987, Hines was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Seven years later, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[3]

The archive of Hines is currently held by the Getty Research Institute.^[4]

Works

• Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner, Oxford University Press, 1974 ISBN 0-19-501836-2
• Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture, Oxford University Press, 1982 ISBN 0-8478-2763-1
• Irving Gill and the Architecture of Reform, Monacelli Press, 2000 ISBN 1-58093-016-6
• William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha, University of California Press, 1997 ISBN 0-520-20293-7
• Architecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism, 1900-1970, Rizzoli Press, 2010 ISBN 978-0-8478-3320-7

See also

• List of American Academy of Arts and Sciences members (1994–2005)
• List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1987
• List of people from Oxford, Mississippi
• List of University of California, Los Angeles people
• List of University of Mississippi alumni
• List of University of Wisconsin–Madison people in academics