J. Max Bond, 73, Pioneering African-American Architect

“Bond’s relatively low profile outside the profession wasn’t the result of racism, but rather his decision to work at the head of a big corporate firm doing big corporate work. […] This position may not have won him celebrity, but it allowed Bond to show, through tireless work and professional activism, a generation of African-American architects (and architects of African descent worldwide) the way to success in an overwhelmingly white, upper-class profession.”