Ernest J. Kump
Ernest J. Kump, Jr. , was an American architect, author, and inventor based in Palo Alto, California. He was widely recognized for his innovations in school planning having designed over 100 public schools in California andcommunity and junior colleges around the world. Kumps most notable projects include Fresno City Hall , the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Korea , and Foothill College in Los Altos, California.
Kump was born in Bakersfield, California to architect Ernest Kump, Sr. and Mary Petsche. Shortly after his brother Peter was born, Kumps father abandoned the family to set up an architecture practice in Fresno, leaving his mother to raise them alone. Peter became an architect in 1946, and worked in Menlo Park for most of his career. In 1934, Kump married Josephine Clark Miller and had two children.
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