Established February 25, 2021, with gifts from the Austin E. Knowlton Foundation Inc. Used to provide one or more scholarships to undergraduate or graduate students who are studying in the Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture. Candidates must be active participants in an organization recognized by the University that is open to all but whose mission seeks to advance the need of students historically underrepresented in higher education. Revised May 20, 2021.
Michael Cadwell
The is scholarship was created in honor of Michael Cadwell. He is a Professor Emeritus of Architecture. He received his BA in English Literature with Honors from Williams College and his MArch from Yale University. Before coming to Ohio State, Cadwell taught at the Parsons School of Design, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Williams College. He also practiced in the offices of Turner Brooks, Wiemann & Lamphere, and Cesar Pelli. Cadwell served as Director of the School (2011-2020) and Architecture Section Head (2010-2011 and 1997-2004). In 2015, Cadwell was elected to The College of Fellows of The American Institute of Architects for his notable contributions “to the advancement of the science and art of planning and building by advancing the standards of architectural education, training, and practice.”
Funds for the scholarship came from the Austin E. Knowlton Foundation, which carries on the legacy of Austin “Dutch” Knowlton. He was the owner and Chairman of the Knowlton Construction Company, an organization started in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 1937 and whose predecessors dated back to 1906. Mr. Knowlton, through his company, was responsible for over 600 major and significant construction projects throughout Ohio and the Midwest, including school buildings, hospitals, libraries, and post offices. Mr. Knowlton was a 1927 graduate of Bellefontaine High School in Logan County, Ohio and The Ohio State University, class of 1931, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering. He became an avid sportsman with a 50-year interest in saddlebred horses, an original founding partnership of the Cincinnati Bengals where he served as Chairman, a major ownership interest for many years in the Cincinnati Reds, and a trusteeship of the Little Brown Jug Society for harness racing in Delaware, Ohio. Both Ohio State’s School of Architecture and its airport terminal and flight school are named in his honor. Mr. Knowlton passed away in 2003.
Austin E. Knowlton
-October 2023