AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin's Architecture & Planning Library will soon have a new name honoring a pioneer in the architecture world. John Chase, a Black student, enrolled in ...

A person died at the University of Texas at Austin's flagship library Saturday afternoon. University police responded to a medical emergency call at 5:16 p.m., the Austin American-Statesman reported.

John Chase was a man of firsts. Chase was the first licensed African American architect in the U.S. South. He was also the first Black member of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and the first Black ...