Résumé

Service, United States Navy, 1943-1945.

Partner, Caudill and Rowlett, Architects, Austin, TX, 1946-1948.

Partner, Caudill [John] Rowlett [Waillie] Scott, Architects, 1948- 1970.

Partner, CRS Design Associates, Incorporated, Austin, TX, 1970- .

Teaching

Professor of Architecture, Rice University, School of Architecture, Houston, TX, c. 1961-1971.

Director, Rice University, School of Architecture, Houston, TX, 1961-1969.

William Ward Watkin Professor, Rice University, School of Architecture, Houston, TX, 1969-1971.

Professional Activities

The website of Tau Sigma Delta, an American Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts, said of Caudill's publication record: "A popular speaker, Bill Caudill delivered more than 200 speeches at professional meetings and universities, and wrote 12 books and over 80 articles, imparting his knowledge and creativity to the field of architecture." (See Tau Sigma Delta.org, "1978 William Caudill," accessed 10/08/2024.)

William W. Caudill was one of seven speakers invited to lecture before the 15th Annual Northwest Regional Conference of the American Institute of Architects, 10/23/1966-10/27/1966 held in Seattle, WA; others included August Heckscher, Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, Charles M. Nes, Jr., Jan Lubicz-Nycz amd Robert Pitts. Seattle architect Wendell H. Lovett served as the program chairman for this event.

Professional Awards

Recipient, Tau Sigma Delta, Gold Medal, 1978.

College

B.S., Arch., Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, OK, 1937.

M.Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, 1937.

Relocation

William W. Caudill was born in Hobart, OK, in 1914.

Under the general supervision of William M. Caudill, Professor of Architecture at Rice University, Los Angeles architect Gin Wong and 9 other practitioners (including Seattle's Paul Hayden Kirk) mentored 40 college architecture students in 1962 during the process of designing an ideal junior college plan. (See Rice's Experment," Architectural Forum, 07/1962, p. 13.)