Volunteers in Service to America, Cleveland, OH, c. 1972-1973;

Drawing Instructor, Ohio University, Athens, OH, c. 1972; Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, c. 1980; Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Visiting Scholar, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 1990

National Design Award, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY, 10/18/2007. (Ching met First Lady, Laura Bush, at an announcement for the 10 winners of the National Design Award, at the White House, Washington, DC, 07/18/2007.)

B.Arch., Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, c. 1964.

Born on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, Ching attended Notre Dame University in South Bend, IN, and later worked as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) volunteer in Cleveland, OH. Ching worked in Milwaukee, WI, before settling in Seattle, WA, in the Department of Architecture at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Ching is probably one of the most important writers of architectural manuals of his time, having written nine books, including the ubiquitous Architectural Graphics, in its fourth edition in 2007.

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