Daniel G. Jay writes: “Since June 1974… After a year of travel and various jobs, I took a train from New York to St. Louis. I had been accepted into a joint architecture/MBA program at Washington University, which I completed in four years. The day after graduation, I joined Christner Partnership, at the time a 24-person architecture firm. I retired after 26 years as managing partner. My practice was focused on corporate work environments, cultural institutions, and some urban planning. Almost all of my work was in the St. Louis community, and we grew the firm to be a local leader in our markets. While in grad school, I purchased a gut-rehab house in the city, and armed with this asset, I wooed Mary Ann Lazarus. We were married in the back yard in 1980. As a fellow architect, she became a national leader in the green building movement, serving in national leadership roles, and receiving national recognition. We had three children and now have three grandchildren. The house was our unfinished home for 43 years. I am now retired and serving on museum, theater, and community sustainability boards and enjoying travel and furniture making. I went to wooden boat school for two weeks and hope someday to build my own boat.”
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