Robert M. Pope of New London, CT
planned to become an architectural draftsman after high school, and had been
accepted at the Porter & Chester Technical Institute. A technical school in Connecticut and
Massachusetts, Porter & Chester offers various career programs, including
architectural drafting. Porter &
Chesterfield was originally founded in 1946 as the Porter School of Engineering
Design. The merger of the Porter School
with the Chester Institute of Technical Education brought the curriculum and
operations of the two facilities into synchrony, and various campuses were
later throughout the two states. Robert
M. Pope attended Porter & Chester, which was awarded the School of Excellence
Award in 2009.
Creating detailed drawings and
miniature models for use in building structures is the business of
architectural drafting and design. It is
only one of several fields of study related to engineering and architecture. Creative people like Robert M. Pope combine
mathematics, technology and artistic skill in the study of architectural
drafting, and bend their talents toward building components which require
layouts, sketches and complex design elements.
2-year programs for associate’s degrees in drafting include
architectural sketching, drafting, construction, and design and structural
concept. A degree in architectural
drafting would lead Robert M. Pope to a variety of areas of employment,
including design firms, construction companies, and work in civil
engineering. Working hours in front of a
computer is part of the technical instruction in computer-aided drafting, and
Pope would have been in demand at architecture design firms and in site
construction.
