Talk:Peter van Dijk (architect)

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Notes from expansion of page[edit]

Can we remove the article's "stub" tag after my expansion of it? I think so but would rather others decide that .
Graduation from high school in NY at age 16 is stated in PD obit, but seems not to fit with other facts 1) that family moved briefly back to Netherlands after WW2 ended (and he was already 16 when war ended) then to NY after that, so he would have spent a maximum of Sep 1945-early Feb 1946 in high school and graduated before February 13 during his first year, which seems highly improbable, and 2) that he graduated from college in 1953, so this would mean 7 years between high school and college graduations, which seems inconsistent with his record of drive and success, even if he did change colleges halfway through, and more so if he had graduated from HS at age 16. I suspect based on these other facts that he *started* US high school in 1946, and graduated around 1948 or 1949.

Sullidav (talk) 17:15, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I found more detail on high school and other early years here - age 16 graduation is apparently right. At some later date I may integrate info from this source into the first two paras, to clarify things that otherwise look odd. Sullidav (talk) 02:49, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Swimming[edit]

I put his swimming under "personal life" but as more details emerged from more sources, I am coming around to think that it's more than a hobby worth mentioning but a second, independent basis for the subject's notability, and so should be moved to a separate section and be added to the lede paragraph. Agree? Sullidav (talk) 05:03, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]