JMA Architecture Studios

Architect Jack Miller (1914-1999) arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942 to assist with the design of the Basic Magnesium, Incorporated (BMI) Plant in nearby Henderson, Nevada. After the end of World War II, Miller remained in Las Vegas and established the architecture practice Jack Miller & Associates (JMA) in 1945.

JMA designed several buildings for Nevada Southern University campus, which later became the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). These include the original gymnasium, now the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art; Carlson Education Building; Chemistry Building; Juanita Greer White Life Sciences Building; Dickinson Library Addition, Stan Fulton Building, UCC Residential Complex, and Desert Research Institute (DRI). Some of JMA’s notable buildings and projects include the Nevada Power Company headquarters, Park Towers, One Queensridge Place, United States Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Summerlin master plan, St. Rose Hospitals, World Market Center, and Las Vegas City Hall.

Jack Miller and his longtime business partner Thomas Turner had both retired by 1992 and Thomas J. Schoeman, who had been with the firm since 1979, took over the company as President and CEO. Under Schoeman’s leadership, the firm changed its name to JMA Architecture, Inc. Schoeman retired in 2011 when JMA was acquired as an affiliate of Michael Baker International, LLC.

Sources:

“Thomas J. Schoeman.” Las Vegas Sun, June 18, 2010. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jun/18/thomas-j-schoeman/

Thomas J. Schoeman oral history interview, 2016 July 18. OH-02746. Transcript. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d15d8rh88