Résumé

Draftsman, William Stevenson, Architect, 1953-1954.

Draftsman, Barienbrock and Murray, Architects, Santa Monica, CA, 1954-1955.

Principal, Rex Lotery, Architect, Santa Monica, CA, 1956-1968.

Partner, Kahn, Kappe, Lotery, Architects/Planners, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1972.

Partner, Kahn, Kappe, Lotery, Boccato, Architects/Planners, Los Angeles, CA, 1973-1978.

Partner, Kappe, Lotery, Boccato, Architects/Planners, Los Angeles, CA, 1978-1981.

President, Urban Innovations Group (UIG), Los Angeles, CA, 1984-1992.

Teaching

President, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Urban Innovations Group, 1984-1992.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

College

B.Arch., Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1952;

Relocation

Rex Lotery was born in London, England, to English parents in 1930. Rex's paternal grandfather, James Lotery, worked as a wholesale clothier in London, and likely prospered there. (The 1911 Englsih Census listed James as an "employer.") In 1911, the English Census noted that James Lotery and his family had a house in the well-heeled Stoke Newington section of London and could afford a staff of three household servants, a cook, nurse and housemaid. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911, accessed 09/08/2022.)

As a nine-year-old boy, he traveled to the US aboard the Cunard Lines' renowned, four-funneled, steamship R.M.S. Aquitania, arriving on 04/28/1939. The Loterys did not come to the US impoverished, and could live on the city's costly, Upper East Side. In 1939, they dwelled in an elegant, high-rise, apartment building at 993 Park Avenue, on the southeast corner of East 84th Street and Park. Soon thereafter, they moved to 1165 Park Avenue, another expensive, 1920s skyscraper in the Carnegie Hill neighborhood. They relocated later to an Englsih Tudor residence at 20 Paxford Lane in Scarsdale, NY. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for New York City, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147, accessed 09/08/2022.)

Parents

Herman Edward Lotery (born 05/30/1902 in London, England-d. 01/16/1987 in Los Angeles, CA), Rex's father was born in England and had a Jewish heritage. He migrated from England to New York, NY, on 04/28/1939 and pursued real estate as an occupation. He applied for US citizenship by 12/15/1939 and had dropped the first name "Herman" by this time. Likely, it sounded too German at the time.

On 02/16/1942, Edward Lotery was the President of Union Shop Properties, located at 80 Maiden Lane in New York City.

He wed Gwyneth Moses (born 02/12/1908 in London, England-d. ) on 06/22/1926 in London. They had three children: Michael Lotery (born 01/03/1928 in England), Rex, and Diana Lotery (born 05/29/1930). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA; NAI Title: Declarations of Intention For Citizenship, 1/19/1842 - 10/29/1959; NAI Number: 4713410; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: 21, accessed 09/08/2022.)

Gwyneth married again to Robert Snyder in New York, NY, in 1960.

Spouse

Lotery married Dr. Francine R. Geisler (born 04/1950 on 10/13/1979 in Los Angeles County, CA. She worked as a counselor and therapist in Marina del Rey, CA, in 2022.

Biographical Notes

SSN: 028222471.

• London, UK (Architect's Birth)
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