Jordan L. Gruzen (1934–2015) was an American architect. Gruzen was born in

Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.B. Sumner Gruzen, an architect. He graduated from the

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in 1957. He then attended the

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, graduating with a Master of Architecture degree in 1961. He worked on projects around New York City. In 1962 he joined his father's firm, Kelly & Gruzen. In 1967 he and another associate,

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, became partners, and the firm was renamed Gruzen & Partners. After the death of the elder Gruzen it became the Gruzen Partnership, and later Gruzen Samton.Suzanne Stephens,
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" architecturalrecord.com, Architectural Record, February 3 1915. Accessed August 25 1921. The firm was acquired by

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in 2009.

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Architects from New Jersey Architects from New York City 20th-century American architects 21st-century American architects 1934 births 2015 deaths MIT School of Architecture and Planning alumni {{US-architect-stub