Melissa Minnich Coleman

Melissa Minnich Coleman (October 9, 1917 – April 1, 2014),[1] (born Mary Melissa Minnich) was an architect specializing in school buildings. She was born in Landisville, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1939 with a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering, after being awarded the 1938 Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (BAID) medal. She worked in Wilmington, Delaware from 1939 until 1941 for architect John F. Mullins, and met her husband Clifford LeRoy Coleman there. They were married August 29, 1942.[2]

Melissa Minnich Coleman
Born
Mary Melissa Minnich

(1917-10-09)October 9, 1917
Landisville, Pennsylvania
DiedApril 1, 2014(2014-04-01) (aged 96)
NationalityAmerican
Known forArchitecture
Spouse
Clifford LeRoy Colem
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(m. 1942⁠–⁠1983)​
AwardsBeaux-Arts Institute of Design (BAID) (1938)

Coleman & Coleman

Coleman and her husband established the firm of Coleman & Coleman in Landisville in 1947, merging with Haak & Kaufman of Myerstown, Pennsylvania in 1970 to form Haak, Kaufman, Coleman & Coleman.[3]

External video
video icon The Milton Hershey School, WITF, 3:53. Includes shots of the Milton Hershey School building

Coleman & Coleman first specialized on designing schools in Lancaster County, such as Hempfield High School, Penn Manor High School, and Centerville Middle School. They designed forty-eight student houses for the Milton Hershey School, along with a school building, Catherine Hall, Founder's Hall and the Hershey Motor Lodge.[4]

Coleman also worked for Hercules Powder Company, A. T. Granger Associates, and the Buchart Engineering Company. She served as a vice president of the American Association of University Women in 1952–1953.[3]

References
  1. "Mary Melissa Minnich Coleman". Find a Grave. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. Who's Who in the East: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Men and Women of the Eastern United States. Boston: Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin. 1959. p. 182.
  3. "Coleman, Melissa Minnich (1917-". Philadelphia Buildings. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. "Obituary - Mary Melissa Minnich Coleman". LancasterOnline. April 8, 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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