Résumé

Draftsman, Philp Johnson, Architect, New York, NY, c. 1950.

Designer, Henry Bittman, Architect, Seattle, WA, c. 1951-1953.

Partner, Bittman, Adams and Sanders, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1953- ; in 1954, the firm of Bittman, Adams and Sanders maintained its office in Room #301 of the Security Building. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1954, p. 143.)

Partner, Bittman and Sanders, Architects, Seattle, WA, c. 1959.

Architect Marvin J. Anderson, an expert on the work of Henry W. and Herbert J. Bittman, and head of Marvin Anderson Architects PLLC,has written this of Herbert's career: "After graduation [from the UW] in 1949 he traveled through the United States with his wife Sally before landing in New York where he worked briefly for Philip Johnson. Shortly after his return to Seattle, Herbert’s uncle Henry Bittman passed away in November 1953, and Herbert assumed leadership of the firm along with Harold Wallace Adams and Dean Harris Sanders. After a long and successful career Herbert retired in the late 1990s to a house in Sequim he designed and built from salvaged bridge timbers." Anderson met with Bittman on multiple occasions, and wrote down many of the architect's colorful stories. (See email from Marvin J. Anderson to the author, 11/02/2016.)

College

B.Arch., University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1949.

Relocation

In 1954, Herbert J. Bittman resided with his wife at 1902 5th Avenue North, Apartment #301. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1954, p. 143.)

Parents

His uncle was Henry W. Bittman (1882-1953), a prominent Seattle, WA, architect. He lived in this residence for about thirty years, when he sold it to Lynn K. Pruzan in 1977.

Lynn's parents were Carl and Marian Pruzan, who commissioned a house designed by John R. Spoule (1908-1993) in 1939-1940 in View Ridge.