Kemper Goodwin

Kemper Goodwin (April 28, 1906 – December 24, 1997) was a noted architect from Tempe, Arizona. He specialized in educational buildings. Some of his buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona.

Life Goodwin was born on April 28, 1906, in Tempe. He attended the University of Southern California, where he received training in architecture. He worked for Lescher & Mahoney and then Del Webb before starting his own firm. His firm was responsible for designing many of the buildings on the Tempe Campus of Arizona State University during the 1950s and 1960s. He designed more than 60 projects for the university which ranged from buildings of great importance to parking lots. He married Mary McGee (Mickey) and had three children; two sisters, MaryHelen and Kathleen, plus Michael, his son who would later go on to work with Kemper in designing important buildings. (Michael joined Kemper's firm in 1966.) Later in his career Kemper would go on to design several schools (many in collaboration with Michael) for the Tempe Union High School, Tempe Elementary, Kyrene, and Paradise Valley Unified School Districts.

Major works Additions to the Arizona State Mental Hospital, Phoenix, 1930s (Superintendent for Lescher & Mahoney) Williams Air Force Base, Mesa, 1941 (Architectural coordinator for Del Webb) Kingman Gunnery School, Kingman, 1942 (Architect for Del Webb) The 1953 campus of Tempe High School, Tempe Ganado Elementary School, Ganado, 1952–1954 Tovrea Land & Cattle Company Headquarters and Stockyards Restaurant, Phoenix, 1954 Globe Junior High School, Globe, 1955 this upside-down pyramid was designed to shade and cool itself Marcos de Niza High School, Tempe, 1971 (with Michael Goodwin) Arizona Highway Employees Credit Union, Phoenix, 1971 (with Michael Goodwin) B. B. Moeur Activity Building, 1936 (Superintendent for Lescher & Mahoney) The Phi Sigma Kappa House (609 Alpha Drive, Tempe, Arizona) 1961 (demolished) Selleh House, 1940