Alan Michael Hantman,

FAIA Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) is a postnominal title or membership, designating an individual who has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Fellowship is bestowed by the institute on AIA-member ...

(born October 13, 1942) is an American architect who served as the 10th

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from February 1997 until February 2007. As Architect of the Capitol, he was responsible to the

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for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the

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. During the week of July 24, 2006, Hantman informed the House and Senate leadership that he would not seek a second ten-year term. Upon Hantman's retirement on February 2, 2007, the Chief Operating Officer of the Architect of the Capitol, Stephen T. Ayers, became the Acting Architect of the Capitol, and was subsequently confirmed to that post in his own right. Hantman graduated from the City College of New York with a bachelor's degree in architecture and earned a master's degree in urban planning from the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is a fellow of the

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, is certified by the

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, and is currently licensed in the state of New York. Prior to his appointment he was Vice President of Facilities Planning and Architecture for the Rockefeller Center Management Corporation of New York City for 10 years and then served as their consultant. He received the Sidney L. Strauss Award from the New York Society of Architects for his work at the Center. A long-time resident of

Teaneck, New Jersey Teaneck () is a township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a bedroom community in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the township's population was 39,776, reflecting an increase of 516 (+1.3%) f ...

, Hantman subsequently relocated to nearby Fort Lee. He was involved in a project to develop a Holocaust memorial that would be located on the Teaneck municipal green.Yudelson, Larry
"Teaneck Holocaust memorial moves forward; Plan to pair it with slave memorial in front of town’s municipal building"
'' The Jewish Standard'', October 15, 2015. Accessed August 23, 2022. "The council heard from the Holocaust memorial’s new architect, Alan Hantman. Mr. Hantman, a 25-year resident of Teaneck who now lives in Fort Lee, was appointed by President Bill Clinton as the chief architect of the U.S. Capitol."

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* 1942 births Living people Fellows of the American Institute of Architects Architects of the Capitol Architects from New York City City College of New York alumni Preservationist architects Jewish architects 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews People from Fort Lee, New Jersey People from Teaneck, New Jersey {{US-architect-stub