GREGORY L. MAIRE ’70

GREGORY L. MAIRE, an architect and interior designer, died Oct. 4, 2015. He was 67. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard University. He had a long career as an architect and designer until he closed his first studio, Gregory Maire Architect Ltd., in 2005. His homes and designs can be seen on Chicago’s Gold Coast and throughout the North Shore suburbs. His firm was the consulting architects for renovations at The Baha’i Temple in Wilmette, and his international work reached as far as Saudi Arabia. Equally well known for his historically accurate detail or innovative design, his work has been published in a number of architecture and design magazines, as well as The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune. He was a board member and past president of DIFFA, the Design Industry Foundation for AIDS for many years, and he worked pro bono for the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest helping to design a handicapped-accessible artist studio for their residency program. In recent years, he began to paint prolifically and had several shows. He was also instrumental in helping to create “Michael’s Museum: A Curious Collection of Tiny Treasures,” which went on to become a permanent exhibit at the Chicago Children’s Museum on Navy Pier. He is survived by his partner of more than 40 years, Michael Horvich, and a brother.