American By Choice An Immigrant's Journey

Walter M. Kroner is a Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Rensselaer and the author of many professional publications. He is an architectural consultant on religious architecture, a licensed architect, and the recipient of several architectural design awards. This book is his first venture into nonfiction writing. He lives with his wife Jean, their German Shepherd, and their two cats in Upstate New York along the banks of the Hudson River.

Walter Kroner grew up in Nazi Germany but at the age of nineteen he fulfilled a dream to come to America. With determination, and despite setbacks, he became an award winning architect and professor. In this moving, honest, and insightful memoir, he tells his astonishing story. -Louise Jones, Editor