Editing Michael Graves (section)

==Early life and education==
Graves was born on July 9, 1934, in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], to Erma (née Lowe) and Thomas B. Graves. He grew up in the city's suburbs and later credited his mother for suggesting that he become an engineer or an architect.<ref name= obit/><ref name=Iovine8>{{cite book | author =Julie V. Iovine | title =Michael Graves | publisher =Chronicle Books | year =2000 | location =San Francisco | page =[https://archive.org/details/michaelgraves00iovi/page/8 8] | url =https://archive.org/details/michaelgraves00iovi/page/8 | isbn =0-8118-3251-1 | url-access =registration }}</ref>

Graves graduated from Indianapolis's [[Broad Ripple High School]] in 1952 and earned a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1958 from the [[University of Cincinnati]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalindy.org/digital/collection/brhs/id/3756/rec/10|access-date=March 27, 2023|website=Indianapolis Public Library Digital Collections|title=Riparian, 1952}}</ref><ref>Iovine, p. 94.</ref><ref name=GravesBio>{{cite web | title =Michael Graves | publisher =Biography.com | url =https://www.biography.com/people/michael-graves-9318661 | access-date =August 23, 2017 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170425134724/http://www.biography.com/people/michael-graves-9318661 | archive-date =April 25, 2017 | url-status =dead }}</ref> During college he also became a member of the [[Sigma Chi]] fraternity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Graves – Sigma Chi |url=https://sigmachi.org/member-spotlight-banner-ssooclls-michael-graves/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> Graves earned a [[master's degree]] in architecture from [[Harvard University]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/242348/Michael-Graves | title=Michael Graves | encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica | access-date=March 12, 2015}}</ref>

After graduation from college, Graves spent a year working in [[George Nelson (designer)|George Nelson]]'s office. Nelson, a furniture designer and the creative director for [[Herman Miller (manufacturer)|Herman Miller]], exposed Graves to the work of fellow designers [[Charles and Ray Eames]] and [[Alexander Girard]]. In 1960 Graves won the [[American Academy in Rome]]'s Prix de Rome ([[Rome Prize]]) and spent the next two years at the academy in Italy.<ref>Iovine, ''Michael Graves'', p. 15; {{cite book | author=Toby Israel | title =Some Places Like Home: Using Design Psychology to Create Ideal Places | publisher =Wiley-Academy | year =2003 | location =New York | page=26 | isbn =0470849509}}</ref><ref name="Drawing with a Purpose">{{Cite journal| author=Michael Graves| title = Drawing with a Purpose | journal= [[The New York Times]]| date =September 2, 2012| url = https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/09/02/opinion/sunday/20120902-Graves-Drawing.html|access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref> Graves describes himself as "transformed" by his experience in Rome:  "I discovered new ways of seeing and analyzing both architecture and landscape."<ref>"Introduction" in  {{cite book|author=Brian M. Ambroziak|title=Michael Graves: Images of a Grand Tour |year=2016 |publisher=Princeton Architectural Press |isbn=978-1616894733}}</ref>