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Howard Sims (architect)

1933–2016

United States

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Howard Francis Sims, (1933–2016), was an American architect, businessperson, and philanthropist, active in Detroit. He founded the architecture firm SDG Associates (formerly Howard Sims & Associates, and later Sim–Varner). Sims helped design the state of Michigan's first construction code. He was a leader in business and sat on various boards. Sims established multiple college scholarships to support Black students in pursuing architecture.

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