 Noffke retired from the practice in 1961, leaving Ingram to head a mainstream Practice, under the name of Earle Ingram and Associates, that produced well-designed schools, churches, healthcare facilities, and municipal buildings in a contemporary style.His churches were considerably more traditional and cautious, with distinct avoidance of parabolic swoops or dramatic silhouettes characteristic to many churches of that time.Ingram practices on his own for 3 years until 1964.