John S. Hagmann is an American architect and former partner of Robert A.M. Stern. He received a bachelor's degree from Amherst College and a master's degree in architecture from Yale University. After graduating from Yale, he formed the firm of Stern & Hagmann with Stern, a fellow student from his days at Yale, in 1969. In 1977 he founded the successor firm, John S. Hagmann Architects. Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... Media:Example. ... Amherst College is an independent liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ...