Eino Kainlauri (1922-2006)

KAINLAURI, POYHONEN, MOBLEY, SHAO

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 1/13/2006 at 08:13:42

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, January 12, 2006.

Eino Olavi Kainlauri, professor emeritus of architecture, 83, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28, at St. Andrews Lutheran Church with the Rev. Christopher Olkiewicz officiating. The body has been deeded to the anatomy department of the University of Iowa and will be cremated there. Burial will be in the cemetery in Sidney.

Eino Olavi Kainlauri was born June 13, 1922, in Lahti, Finland, the son of William (Poyhonen) and Eva Kainlauri, (who chose the wife's family name as their family name at the time of their marriage.) He graduated from Lahti Lyceum in 1941, having already served in the Finnish Armed Forces during the "Winter War" in 1939-40, as a volunteer and continued his service in the "Continuation War" in 1941-44. He was discharged from the Finnish Army in November 1944 as a first lieutenant, and after having been decorated with the Medal and Cross of Liberty. After two years of studies at the Helsinki University of Technology, he continued his studies at the University of Michigan, receiving a bachelor of architecture degree in February 1950.

He married Genevieve Marjorie Mobley Aug. 20, 1949, in Ann Arbor, Mich. They have three children, John Stanford Kainlauri, William Eino Kainlauri and Mary Ann Shao, and three grandchildren, Amie, Julia and Andrew Shao.

Eino's initial work experiences were in the office of architect Paul Kasurin, the University of Michigan architect's office and as a dealer facilities architect for the Ford Motor company. In 1956, he formed a partnership with William Davis, AIA, and in 1959, formed the Kainlauri MacMullan (and Millman) Architects, Engineers and Planners Inc., later abbreviated to KMM Associates Inc. In 1959, he obtained a master's of architecture degree (with the minor in education) from the University of Michigan and about the same time completed an equivalent of two years of "off-campus" studies in Theology at Suomi College in Hancock, Mich.

In his 20 years in private practice, Eino was the architect of more than 70 schools, 45 churches and numerous commercial, public houses and housing projects in Michigan and some adjacent states. After a serious illness in 1970, he continued his education and received a Ph.D. in natural resources (regional, environmental and resource planning) in 1975 from the University of Michigan. That year, he was appointed as the professor in charge of continuing education in architecture at Iowa State University of Science and Technology, and he and his wife moved to Ames in 1975.

During his 17 years at ISU, he arranged and conducted more than 200 seminars, workshops and conferences in Iowa, with a total attendance of more than 10,000 professional architects, engineers and others involved in building industry. He also acted as the major professor directing numerous graduate students in their thesis work and research projects. He organized and directed several international exchange programs, including a foreign study semester in Finland with a tour of Europe and the Soviet Union. As an active member in several national committees of the American Institute of Architects, he helped organize, chaired and participated in a number of international conferences, including joint AIA Design conferences with Finnish architects in Finland and Japanese architects in Japan.

He authored close to 100 professional and scientific papers and research reports, and his doctoral dissertation on "International Cooperation in Regional Planning of Lapland" was published by the ISU Press (1976). He was at one time consultant to the National Bureau of Standards and chaired the American Society for Testing and Material's Dimensional Coordination Committee for several years. As a member of ASHRAE, he organized and conducted more than a dozen scientific seminars at the engineering society's annual meetings and chaired its District Heating and Cooling Committee for two years. He was a recipient of Senior Fulbright Research Awards, twice, in 1974-74 and in 1983-84 for research in Scandinavia. For the 350-year anniversary celebration of the Swedish-Finnish Settlement in Delaware, he organized and produced a 69-board Exhibit of the American Architects of Finnish Heritage which toured the USA and Finland in 1988-90.

For his international education and cultural efforts, he received several honors. In 1992, the president of Finland named him a knight, first class, of the Order of the White Rose in Finland. In 1995, he received the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award, and in 1996, he was elevated to the College of Fellows in the American Institute of Architects.

As a loving husband and father, Eino participated in parent-teacher activities in Ann Arbor Public Schools, and served as a Sunday school teacher of the "Beginners" at the Zion Lutheran Church for seven years, and then as the supervisor of the Zion Lutheran Church Confirmation School for another seven years. With his sons, he served as a Cub Scout and Boy Scout leader and also as the district commissioner. When his daughter participated in the Michigan Youth Symphony Tour in Finland in 1973, he served as the tour manager. He also coached his son's Little League baseball teams for eight years. In community activities, he started as a Jaycee and became an outstanding president of the Ann Arbor Optimist Club in 1969 and served as the lieutenant governor the following year. In Ames, he served as a member of Ames Lions Club and received the distinguished service award in 2000. He retired from ISU in 1992, and remained active as a mentor of students at ISU and as a member of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church and in other civic organizations. Most recently, he enjoyed being a Boy Scout grandpa for his grandson Andrew and his troop as well as watching Andrew at soccer games and practices.

If you find the right kind of computer and server, you might reach him at einolavi@eternity.god.

Memorials may be given to the Finlandia University in Hancock, Mich., or the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Adams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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