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Draftsman, Clyde W. Smith, Architect, Minneapolis, MN, c. 1939.

Draftsman, Boeing Company, Seattle, WA, 02/1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 148, accessed 06/22/2023.)

Draftsman, Jones and Bindon, Architects, Seattle, WA, c. 1947-1949.

Designer, J. Lister Holmes, Architect, Seattle, WA, c. 1951-1953.

Principal, Robert G. Reichert, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1951-

Teaching

Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Department of Architecture, Seattle, WA, 1948-1979.

State architectural historian Michael Houser has noted that Reichert had an exhibition of his work in Downtown Seattle in the late 1950s: "In 1959, Frederick & Nelson’s downtown Seattle department store displayed drawings of Reichert’s Seattle and Western Washington houses. The display was sponsored by the local chapter of the AIA, and featured his concepts on windows as “elements of light diffusion and transparency.” He described his designs as “romantic rather than functional . . . sculptural in form and traditional in mannerism.” (See "Robert G. Reichert,"Accessed 06/14/2012.)

College

B.Arch., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1939-1941, 1945-1947; Coursework, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, c. 1950; M.Arch., Harvard University, Cambridge, MN, 1952.

Relocation

Born in Fargo, ND, Reichert resided in Minneapolis, MN, as a youth, where he became interested in Christian Science church architecture and the organ music played within them. Many architects through the ages have had a dual fascination with music and architecture. He stayed in MN for his undergraduate education, but moved to Cambridge, MA, to obtain and Master's of Architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Architecture (MIT) in Cambridge. Soon thereafter, he indulged his love of organ music by studying at the Royal College of Organists in London.

He lived with his mother at 405 McGraw Street in Seattle on 02/15/1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 148, accessed 06/22/2023.)

Reichert obtained his architectural license in WA in 07/1948, beginning his professional career in Seattle. He was one of only 12 to pass the week-long architectural exams in that year. (This information came from Jeff Murdock who has done extensive work on Reichert's career, and completed a Master's Thesis on him in 12/2016.)

Reichert was an unorthodox individual, with strong opinions, ideas that he shared with occasional classes at the University of Washington between 1948 and 1979.

Biographical Notes

As noted on his World War II draft registration card, Reichert was Caucasian, with a light complexion, blue eyes and blonde hair. He stood 6-feet, 1-inch tall and weighed 175 pounds at age 20. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 148, accessed 06/22/2023.)

SSN: 476-18-5268.