periods under the following names (dates, in some cases, are approximate): Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Architect, 1920–1930 Muhlenberg & Muhlenberg, 1925–1935 (Partner was Frederick Hunter Muhlenberg II, previously of Muhlenberg Brothers) Muhlenberg, Yerkes, Muhlenberg, 1935–1954 (Partners were Simeon M. Yerkes and Charles Rick Muhlenberg) Muhlenberg and Yerkes, 1954–1959 Frederick A. Muhlenberg & Associates, 1959–1965 Muhlenberg-Greene-Veres, 1965–1972 (Partners were Lawrence A. Greene, Jr. and Elmer Veres) Muhlenberg Greene Architects, 1972–1980 Muhlenberg Greene Architects, Ltd., 1980–present In the 1950s, Muhlenberg was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Politics Muhlenberg served on the Reading City Council from 1932–1936, and he was a councilman for the Borough of Wernersville during the 1920s, where he returned to live in his later years. He became the Republican Party chairman for Berks County from 1935–1940. In 1946, Muhlenberg was elected to the 80th Congress from Pennsylvania. He became the seventh member of his family to be elected to the U.S. Congress, where he served in the House of Representatives from January 3, 1947, until January 3, 1949; but he lost a re-election bid in 1948, defeated by Democrat George M. Rhodes. Retirement In a personal biography he furnished to the Reading Eagle, Muhlenberg listed the accomplishments of a "life built on service in four separate careers: architecture, military, social service and political." Retiring officially from Muhlenberg Greene Architects in 1977, one week after his 90th birthday, Muhlenberg continued to go to the office daily, until physical limitations prevented him from doing so about a year later. "You can't actually retire," he said at the time. "There really isn't any such thing. I don't intend to sit on my fanny and do nothing. At 90 years old, you change and have physical limitations. The pace may slow down, but the ideas are still there." Muhlenberg died at 92 years of age in Reading on January 19, 1980. As a veteran, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. A collection of awards, military medals, paperwork and other items related to Representative Muhlenberg is held by the Historical Society of Berks County. Associations Frederick Muhlenberg served as chairman for numerous civic and professional organizations, including the Association of Schuylkill River Municipalities, Director of the American Red Cross Berks County Chapter (1929-), Chairman of the Red Cross Disaster Relief Commission (1935), the State Board of Examiners of Architects, President of the Social Welfare League (1922–1935), Public Charities Association (1927-),