Guy Francon is a partner at Francon & Heyer, the most prominent architecture firm in New York City. Like Keating and Roark, he graduated from the Stanton Institute of Technology, and he is its most famous alumnus. By the time Keating joins the firm, Francon is coasting by on his reputation while leaving the actual designing to others. He spends his days on business luncheons and his evenings at social events. He immediately takes to Keating, and appreciates his schmoozing despite detecting his insincerity. He is convinced of Keating’s talent, and decides to make him partner after Lucius Heyer’s death. Guy Francon is also Dominique Francon’s father, and he has always found his daughter to be difficult and incomprehensible. He thinks that Peter Keating might make her happy and sets them up, but when he visits her after they are married, he senses right away that she is suffering. He feels real tenderness for Dominique and comes through to support her at the end, offering her a home after her divorce from Wynand and supporting her through Roark’s trial. While Francon is a traditionalist who profits in a world of mediocrity, he comes across as having a stronger value system when compared with many others in his field. At the Stoddard trial, he refuses to testify against Roark despite disliking the temple he built because Francon doesn’t think that those opposing Roark were “behaving like gentlemen.” Also, when he is getting ready to retire, he confesses to Keating that he doesn’t feel like he is leaving him anything of worth. He seems to have realized that his years of following the crowd haven’t given him any satisfaction. This perhaps helps him see the positives of living like Dominique, and to understand why she would be happy with Roark.