Résumé

Draftsman, Dean and Dean, Architects, Sacramento, CA.

Draftsman, John W. Reid, Jr., Architect, San Francisco, CA.

Draftsman/Designer, Delano and Aldrich, Architects, New York, NY, c. 1924; Wurster tutored William Adams Delano's son at the architect's Long Island House, c. 1924.

Principal, William W. Wurster, Architect, Berkeley, CA, 1925.

Principal, William W. Wurster, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1926-1942; in 1935, Wurster had an office at 260 California Street, Room #1103. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1935, p. 1747.)

Partner, Wurster and Bernardi, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1945;

Partner, Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1945-1973.

Teaching

Dean, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, MA, 1944-1950.

Dean, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), School of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, 1953-1959.

Dean, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), College of Environmental Design (CED), Berkeley, CA, 1959-1964.

Professional Activities

Judge, American Institute of Designers (AID), Citations of Merit and Honorable Mentions in the categories of Fabrics, Furniture, Floor Coverings, and Wall Coverings, Chicago, IL, 01/03/1947.

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), San Francisco Chapter.

Wurster attended the 79th Convention of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Grand Rapids, MI, 04/29/1947-05/01/1947.

At the 1954 Convention of the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.), Wurster delivered an address, along with Eero Saarinen, Jose Luis Sert, Ralph Walker, and Paul Rudolph.

Wurster chaired the Jury of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Competition, reposonsible for selecting Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch. Others on jury included Los Angeles, CA, architect, Richard J. Neutra (1892-1970), VA architect, architectural historian and librarian Fiske Kimball (1888–1955), landscape architect S. Herbert Hare (1888-1960 of the firm Hare and Hare), Saint Louis, MO, architect Louis La Beaume (1873-1961), Saint Louis, MO, architect Charles Nagel, Jr., (1899–1992), and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) architect Roland A. Wank (1898–1970).

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1954. He was awarded Fellowship for design and education. Other inductees in 1954 included Royal Barry Wills, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Marion Sims Wyeth.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), 1964.

Recipient, AIA Firm Award, Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons, San Francisco, CA, 1965.

Recipient, AIA Gold Medal, 1969.

Archives

The UC Berkeley (UCB) Environmental Design Archives preserves the William W. Wurster and Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons Archives, including drawings and photos by Roger Sturtevant. UCB CED Archives tel: (510) 642-5124 (2006);

B.Arch., University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1919. Coursework, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1943.

Relocation

Born in Stockton, CA, William Wurster lived here until his matriculation at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). In his first year at UCB, he resided at 2345 College Avenue in Berkeley. (See University of California Register, 1913-1914, [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1914], p, 136.)

Wurster last resided at the Warren and Sadie Gregory House, Greenwood Terrace, Berkeley, Alameda, CA, USA, 94708. He died of Parkinson's Disease, first diagnosed c. 1964.

Spouse

Wurster married once to Catherine Krause Bauer (1905–1964), a renowned housing and urban planning expert, in 1944.

Children

One daughter, Sarah (Sadie) Wurster, born 1946. She was named in honor of Mrs. Sarah Gregory, (born c. 10/1871 in CA), known as "Sadie." It was for Mrs. Gregory, that Wurster designed the Gregory Farmhouse, which launched his career.

She married photographer Robert Super on 02/03/1973 in Alameda County, CA.

Biographical Notes

SSN: 573-52-2099.

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

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• Berkeley, CA (Architect's Death)
  Berkeley, CA

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