activist

Biography

Giorgio Cavaglieri, architect and preservation activist, was born on August 11, 1911 in Venice, Italy. As a young man, he attended Milan Polytecnico, where he studied architecture and engineering. He graduated magna cum laude in 1932. Cavaglieri fought for Mussolini in the Ethiopian War, and he even utilized his talent to design airfields for the Italian army. However, in 1938, when Mussolini stripped Jews of their citizenship rights, he left Italy for America.

Sometimes listed as Jane Butzner Jacobs.