Résumé

Junior Draftsman, Sumner Spaulding, Architect, FAIA, Los Angeles, CA, 1935-1936.

Draftsman, Gordon Kaufman, Architect, FAIA, Los Angeles, CA, 1938.

Draftsman, Sumner Spaulding, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, FAIA, 1939-1940.

Designer and Draftsman, Stephen Stepanian, Inventor, Los Angeles, CA, 1941. Stepanian (1882-1964) held a number of patents, including one for a "self-discharging motorized transit cement mixer."

Lieutenant (SG), United States Navy, Engineering Corps, 1942-1946.

Prncipal, Edward H. Fickett, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1947-1999.

Teaching

Lecturer, University of Southern California (USC), 1957-1958.

Lecturer, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1959.

Lecturer, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1960.

Instructor, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), School of Architecture, late 1970s.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), 1947- .

Member, AIA, Committee for the Home Building Industry, 1956-1957.

Chairman, AIA, Committee for the Home Building Industry, 1958-1961; Secretary, AIA, Southern California Chapter, 1957; Vice-President, AIA, Southern California Chapter, 1961; Director, AIA, Southern California Chapter, 1958-1960; Secretary, AIA, California Council, 1958; Registered Architect in the State of CA; NCARB Certified;

Professional Awards

Recipient, Progressive Architecture Magazine Design Award, Araco Incorporated Housing Development, Northridge, CA, 1954.

Recipient, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Award of Merit, Sherman Park Housing Development, 1954 and 1956.

Recipient, NAHB, Award of Merit, Apartment Project for developer George Alexander,1955.

Recipient, American Institute of Architects (AIA), First Honor Award, housing development, Buena Park, CA, 1956.

Recipient, AIA, Award of Merit, speculative housing tract, Encino, Los Angeles, CA, 1956.

Recipient, House and Home Magazine, Award of Merit in Residential Design, speculative housing, Encino, CA, 1956.

Recipient, House and Home Magazine, Award of Merit in Residential Design, housing development, Palos Verdes, CA, 1957.

Recipient, AIA, Award of Merit, housing development Covina, CA, 1957.

Recipient, NAHB, Award of Merit, housing development, Palos Verdes, CA, 1958.

Recipient, NAHB, Award of Merit, housing development, La Mesa, CA, 1960.

Recipient, Parents' Magazine, Regional Merit Award, housing development, LA Mesa, Ca 1960.

Recipient, Parents' Magazine, Regional Merit Award, David M. Stenzil House, La Mesa, CA, 1960.

Recipient, American Home Magazine, Citation for Architectural Design, housing development, Grossmont Hills, San Diego, CA, 1960.

Honorary Member of the Architecture Guild, 1960;

Honorary Member of the American Arbitration Associaiton, 1960;

Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1969;

Recipient, Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award for his renovation of Los Angeles Fire Department Station #30, built originally in 1913;

College

Coursework, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, 1935-1937.

Coursework, University of Southern California Extension Night School, 1938-1940;

Coursework, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 1939-1941.

Parents

His father, George Hale Fickett, was a third generation Los Angeleno and a contractor and developer.

Spouse

Edward H. Fickett married Lucile Millicent Moore, 05/1944, at the Pueblo Oratorio, Chapman Park Hotel, Los Angeles, CA; he and Moore lived in Beverly Hills, CA, in 1944.

Fickett met Joycie Helen Steinberg Fickett in 1977, and married her in 1980 at the Ambassador Hotel.

Biographical Notes

The American Architects Directory, 1970, (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970) indicated a birthdate of 05/19/1916 for Fickett. Fickett died of food poisoning in 1999, reportedly in a house of his own design;

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