A New York City-based architect with a relatively small output, George Masumian (born June 14, 1912) was born in Brooklyn and designed primarily for the Brooklyn Catholic Diocese. He attended New York University and George Washington University and subsequently joined two partnerships, Mattern and York from 1945-48 and Mascolo and Masumian from 1949-1953 [1]. He and Mascolo were accused of making false statements in a lawsuit against a Federal housing official and, although acquitted, the partnership ended shortly afterward [2].

His work encompasses several complexes of church, school, convent and related building. His style tends to lean heavily on International style concepts with use of enamel paneled school buildings in various color and orange brick. His most prominent works are the Our Lady of Mercy complex in Hicksville and the Corpus Christi complex in Woodside, which received recognition from the Queens Chamber of Commerce in 1961.