Résumé

Lawyer, Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer and Wood, New York, NY, -1967;

Business and Securities Lawyer, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, 1967- ;

Founding Partner, Hillis, Schell, Phillips, Cairncross, Clark and Martin, Seattle, WA;

Director, City of Seattle, Department of Community Development, Seattle, WA, 1973- ; he was appointed director by Mayor Wes Uhlman. Founder/President, Cornerstone Columbia Development Company, Seattle, WA, 1979-1987. This development firm was responsible for building the Waterfront Place mixed-use development, Alexis Hotel, and the Watermark Tower Condominium complex in Downtown Seattle.

Commissioner, Port of Seattle, 1990–1997;

Mayor, City of Seattle, Seattle, WA, 01/01/1998-01/01/2002. He first ran for mayor in 1977 but lost to Charles Royer (b. 1939). Schell was Seattle's 50th Mayor, and was unfortunate to have been in office during 1999's World Trade Organization (WTO) Riots and other incidents of central city violence. These WTO events occurred between 11/30/1999 and 12/03/1999.

Teaching

Dean, University of Washington (UW), College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Seattle, WA, 10/1992-

Professional Activities

Member/President, Allied Arts of Seattle, 1971- . Schell formed part of the coalition that helped to save Pike Place Market from demolition, and was instrumental in passing Seattle's "One Per Cent for Art" campaign in 1973, a pioneering fund-raising method for erecting public art in cities.

High School / College

Graduate, Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, IA;

Coursework, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA.

B.A., Political Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

L.L.D., Columbia University, Law School, New York, New York.

Relocation

Schell died at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA, due to complications from heart surgery.

Spouse

He married Pamela Schell.

Biographical Notes

He was born Paul Ervin Schlachtenhaufen.

• Pomeroy, IA (Architect's Birth)
  Pomeroy, IA

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• Seattle, WA (Architect's Death)
  Seattle, WA

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