Frederick ‘Fred’ Weaver, FAIA (1912–1968) cofounded the distinguished Phoenix architectural firm, Weaver & Drover. The successor, DWL Architects + Planners Inc., celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2019. The firm designed significant Arizona buildings: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Terminals 2, 3 and 4 (1962– and with Lescher & Mahoney Architects, 1979 and 1990); the Chapel at the Arizona State Hospital (1963), also in Phoenix; Arizona State University’s Charles Trumbull Library and Pedestrian Mall (1966); and Valley National Bank branches, the most famous at 44th Street and Camelback Road (1968) in Phoenix. “Weaver & Drover . . . delivered well-designed commercial, institutional and governmental commissions throughout the Phoenix area . . . done with a confident, sophisticated and elegant touch,” says Doug Sydnor, FAIA.
