Résumé

Architect, Farm Security Administration (FSA), San Francisco, CA/Washington, D.C., 1936;

Designer, Lawrence Test, Architect, Pasadena, CA, 1937;

Designer, Kem Weber, Designer, Los Angeles, CA, 1938;

Designer, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Designer, Los Angeles, CA, 1938;

Partner, Marsh, Smith and Powell, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1939;

Designer, Joseph Weston, Architect, El Monte, CA, 1939;

Designer, William L. Pereira, Los Angeles, CA, 1940;

Partner, Smith, Jones and Contini, Los Angeles, CA, 1945-1949;

Partner, Smith and Williams, Los Angeles, CA, 1949- .

Teaching

Instructor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1945.

Professional Awards

Recipient, House and Garden magazine architectural awards competition, one award for a house under 1800 square feet, 1957. A note in Progressive Architecture, in its issue of 01/1958, said of this competition: "House & Garden's 1957 Architectural Awards competition winners have been announced. Two classifications of competition were: houses with areas under 1800 sq. ft., those with unlimited areas. Four of five cash prizes were won by Paul Hayden Kirk, Seattle, Wash., for entries in both categories; fifth prize, for house under 1800 sq. ft. was awarded to Whitney Smith and Wayne Williams, Los Angeles, Calif. Jury members included Pietro Belluschi, Dean School of Architecture and Planning, MIT; William Wurster, Dean, School of Architecture, University of California; Minoru Yamasaki, Detroit, Mich.; Arthur H. Keyes, Jr., Washington, D.C.; Carl Koch, Cambridge, Mass." (See "P/A News Bulletins, Progressive Architecture, vol. 39, no. 1, 01/1958, p. 75.)

Archives

Archival documents on Whitney R. Smith and Smith and Williams housed at the Architecture and Design Collection of the University Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB);

Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, CA, c. 1932; B.Arch., University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1934;

Alpha Rho Chi, 1934; Tau Sigma Delta, 1951;

Smith's last residence was in the 97708 zip code of Bend, OR;

Married 1936;

Two children;

SSN: 563-14-7328;

• Pasadena, CA (Architect's Birth)
  Pasadena, CA

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