Résumé

Military Service, US Navy, c. 1945-1946. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 419, accessed 04/04/2022.)

Principal, Lee Stuart Darrow, Architect, Orinda, CA, c. 1957- . In 1972, Darrow had an office at 3798 Grand Avenue in Oakland, CA.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects, East Bay Chapter, 1958- .

President, AIA, East Bay Chapter, Oakland, CA, 1971-1972. The Contra Costa Times reported on Darrow's election in 02/1971: Members of the East Bay chapter, American Institute of Architects, have elected Lee Stuart Darrow chapter president of 1971. The chapter serves Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, and Solana counties. In addition to their duties on the chapter board of directors, Darrow and Vice President E. Paul Kelly will serve as delegates of the California Council, American Institute of Architects. Also elected to represent the chapter on the council board were delegates Harry Bruno and Roger Durst and alternate Reeve Gould. In mid-December the East Bay chapter became the second AIA chapter in California (the Southern California Chapter in Los Angeles was the first three years ago) to hire an executive director. An Alameda man, Brian J. Coughlan, was named to the post following three months of work by a five man selection committee. Other officers were Charles W. Dennis, Pleasant Hill, secretary, and Nicholas N. Daniloff, Concord, treasurer.”(See “Architects Elect President,” Contra Costa Times, 02/07/1971, p. 7B.)

College

Coursework, Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, CA, 1947.

Relocation

Darrow's family relocated periodically to different places in Southern CA. Prior to moving to CA, the Darrows lived in Carson City, NV, where his elder brother Earl was born. Before Lee's birth, his parents lived with his siblings at 110 West Street in Anaheim, CA, according to the 1920 US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Anaheim, Orange, California; Roll: T625_123; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 53, accessed 04/04/2022.)

Lee Darrow was born in Covina, CA, on 01/07/1927. The 1930 US Census found his family dwelling in a house they owned at 919 Dalton Avenue in Azusa, CA. The house had an estimated value of $4,500, about average for the time and place. Most the Darrow's immediate neighbors rented their residences at that time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Azusa, Los Angeles, California; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0806; FHL microfilm: 2339858, accessed 04/04/2022.)

In 1938-1939, they had a home in Los Angeles, CA, where they lived at 3531 White House Place. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1939, p. 545.) Two years later, they had moved to a rented house at 3609 Bellevue Avenue in Los Angeles. They paid $30 per month rent. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00419; Page: 62A; Enumeration District: 60-965, accessed 04/04/2022.)

He was discharged from the US Navy on 07/12/1946 and dwelled at 6026 8th Avenue in Los Angeles, CA, on 07/16/1946. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 419, accessed 04/04/2022.)

In 1962, Darrow lived at 91 Loma Vista Drive, Orinda, CA.

By the 1980s and 1990s, he lived at various addresses in Alameda, CA. Between 1993 and 1997, he resided at 1621 San Jose Avenue in Alameda. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation City: Alameda; State: California; Year(s): 1995-1997, accessed 04/04/2022.)

Parents

His father was Roysel Hiram Darrow (born 06/18/1881 in KS-d. 04/03/1959 in Los Angeles County, CA), a mechanical engineer, who had finished one year of college. As per the 1920 US Census, Roysel worked as an engineer for a citrus products company in Anaheim. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Anaheim, Orange, California; Roll: T625_123; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 53, accessed 04/04/2022.) By 1940, the census indicated that he worked as an engineer for a bakery.

He wed Lee's mother Hazel B. White (born 10/18/1884 in UT-d. 11/09/1961 in Los Angeles County, CA) in c. 1906. Hazel was a high school graduate who raised three children, two boys and a girl.

Lee had an older brother Earl Aaron Darrow (born 06/09/1908 in Stewart, NV-d. 09/25/1970 in Los Angeles County, CA) and an older sister Helen Lorraine Darrow Chase (born 03/30/1917 in Norwalk, CA-d. 02/10/1998).

Spouse

At age 26, Darrow married Patricia L. Paccioretti (born c. 1935) in San Francisco, CA, on 05/14/1953. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013, accessed 04/04/2022.) They divorced in Contra Costa County in 09/1970. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 04/04/2022.)

Biographical Notes

When he was discharged from the US Navy, Darrow stood 6-feet tall, and weighed about 150 pounds. He was Caucasian with a ruddy complexion, brown eyes and brown hair at age 19. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 419, accessed 04/04/2022.)