Jack DeBartolo Jr. FAIA (Ohio, 1938) studied architecture at the University of Houston and at Columbia University in New York, receiving the William Kinne Travelling Fellowship for honors in 1963. After working with Caudill Rowlett Scott from 1964 to 1972, DeBartolo founded Anderson DeBartolo Pan, Inc. in Tucson, Arizona with two other partners. As design leader, his innovative creativity in campus planning and renowned design intelligence in high-tech research laboratory, educational and healthcare facilities resulted in over $1 billion of significant built architectural projects throughout the US and abroad.

With a passion to take a renewed approach to design, DeBartolo formed this new architectural practice in 1994 was soon after awarded the AIA regional Silver Medal. In this new and creative environment, design excellence is achieved through integrated thinking - a process of distilling the essence of the most complex problems and reorganizing them into unique and sensitive architectural solutions that are sympathetic to the client, context and climate. DeBartolo is responsible for the design of over one hundred projects gaining national, regional and local design awards. DeBartolo's work has been published widely in the architectural and design press and he has recently taught, lectured and served on juries in several cities throughout the United States.

education
1964 William Kinne Fellows Traveling Fellowship
1963 Columbia University, New York City, Master of Science in Architecture
1962 University of Houston, Houston, Texas, Bachelor of Architecture
1961 University of Houston, Houston, Texas, Bachelor of Science