for Advancement of Negroes in Architecture (NACA), which was merged in 1967 with the American Institute of Architects (AIA). He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. The New York Coalition of Black Architects honored his work in 1980. In 1984, he was awarded the Whitney M. Young Jr. award by the AIA. He died of cancer on October 31, 1989 at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. His daughter Judith Ann Wilson Rogers (born 1939), is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Work Harlem River Houses (1937), public housing complex, Harlem, New York City, New York; NRHP-listed Morris Park Apartments (1960), also known as Mount Morris Park Senior Citizen's Housing Project, a federally funded senior housing complex, 17 E. 124th Street, East Harlem, New York City, New York Throg's Neck Library, New York Public Library (1972), 3025 Cross Bronx Expy., The Bronx, New York City, New York Early Childhood Center (1975), New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, New York City, New York See also African-American architects References External links John L. Wilson papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library Columbia GSAPP Alumni Profile 1898 births 1989 deaths People from Meridian, Mississippi African-American architects Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation alumni Dillard University alumni Architects from New York City Philander Smith College faculty Fellows of the American Institute of Architects