Michael McClure is Professor and Dean of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at Kansas State University. McClure is a founding partner of Emery McClure Architecture in Lafayette, Louisiana and has received numerous professional awards and recognitions, including the prestigious Gorham P. Stevens Rome Prize for Architecture in 2008. Before founding his private firm, McClure worked for Robert A. M. Stern Architects, Karen Bausman and Associates and Richard Gluckman Architects. Dean McClure earned his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master's of Architecture from Columbia University.