Stanley Cole (architect)

Cole was born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York.^[1] He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces' Fifth Air Force from 1942 until 1945 during World War II. During the war, Cole participated in fifty-eight air raids on Japanese forces in New Guinea, including several November 1943 bombing missions on Rabaul, on the nearby island of New Britain.^[1] He was the recipient of three Bronze Service Stars, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal.^[1]

Earning his bachelor's degree in architecture and engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1948^[1] Cole was hired by the firm, Harrison & Abromowitz, based in New York City after graduation, where he helped design a portion of the United Nations headquarters.^[1] He eventually joined the chemical firm, Rohm & Haas, as a company in-house architect, which necessitated his move to Bristol, Pennsylvania.^[1] Rohm & Haas was planning a new headquarters located on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Cole worked closely with architect Alexander Ewing as Ewing's project manager on the new headquarters. Ewing then hired Cole as a managing partner for his firm in 1964.^[1] The new company became known as EwingCole.

In 1970, Cole became president of EwingCole.^[1] He then served as the chairman and CEO until 1990.^[1] He remained a principal of EwingCole from 1990 until his death in March 2013.^[1]

The Philadelphia Phillies had been a client of EwingCole since 1964, and Cole enjoyed a close relationship with the team through the company.^[1] He was a friend of Phillies president and CEO David Montgomery.^[1] The Phillies retained EwingCole and Stanley Cole to construct a new baseball stadium when they wanted to replace the aging Veterans Stadium. Cole, who was the chief architect on the project, designed the new Citizens Bank Park, a 43,651-seat stadium which opened in 2004.^[1]

Stanley Cole died from pneumonia at Paoli Hospital in Paoli, Pennsylvania, on March 12, 2013, at the age of 89.^[1] He was survived by his wife of 29 years, Nadene Carey; two daughters, Jackie Prosser and Stacey Tormollan; and son, Bradley Cole.^[1]