Résumé

Officer, US Air Force, 1955-1956.

Draftsman, Young, Richardson and Carleton, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1957-1958. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1957, p. 444 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1958, p. 436.)

Architect, Paul Hayden Kirk, FAIA, and Associates, Seattle, WA, c. 1959-1960. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1959, p. 473 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1960, p. 478.)

Principal, Barden G. Erickson, Architect, Seattle, WA, c. 1963-1973.

Partner, Callison-Erickson-Hobble, Architects, Seattle, WA, c. 1973-1976. This firm later became known as "The Callison Partnership, Limited." By 1976, Erickson was President of Callison.

Vice-president and Corporate Director of Store Planning, Nordstrom, Incorporated, Seattle, WA, 1976-1990. Erickson retired from Nordstrom on 12/01/1990. (See Gordon Lee, Seattle Times.com, "Nordstrom Hires Callison Executive As Its Director Of Store Planning," published 10/29/1990, accessed 12/11/2023.)

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Seattle Chapter, Seattle, WA, c. 1958- . He joined the same year as Anthoby Callison becoming junior members in 1958.

Chair, AIA, Seattle Chapter, Architects in Industry Committee, 1983. (See "1983 Committees, Seattle Chapter, AIA," Seattle Chapter Architect, vol. 8, no. 12, 12/1982. p. 6.)

Director, AIA, Seattle Chapter, Seattle, WA.

Member, WA State Board of Registration for Architects, Olympia, WA, 1970-1975, 1975-1980. (See State Government Oaths of Office, 1854-2023 - Barden - Erickson, State Government Oaths of Office, 1854-2022, Office of the Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed 12/11/2023.)

Chairman, WA State Board of Registration for Architects, Olympia, WA.

College

B.Arch., University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA, 1949-1954. He was in the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at the UW, and was a fraternity brother of Donald Coryell (1924-2010), who played defensive back for the UW Huskies football team and became a well-known and innovative college and professional football coach during the 1960s and 1980s. The UW Tyee Yearbook,1952, (p. 59) indicated that Barden was an art major that also worked for Columns magazine. He switched from Art to Architecture about 1953.

UW's Beta Theta Pi chapter named an annual award, the "Bud Erickson Award" for its outstanding graduate. See Seattle Times.com, "Barden 'Bud' Erickson July 15, 1930- December 2. 2023," published 12/10/2023, accessed 12/11/2023.)

College Honors

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA.

Relocation

Barden "Bud" Erickson was born in 1930 to Lloyd and Myrtle Erickson. Barden had a twin, Robert V. Erickson. In 1940, the Ericksons lived at 5538 34th Avenue NE in Seattle's Bryant neighborhood, northeast of the University of Washington campus. They remained at this address in 1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04376; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 40-72A, accessed 12/11/2023 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1942, p. 332.)

The architect attended the University of Washington (UW) between roughly 1950 and 1954, and was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. This house was located at 1617 East 47th Street in 1950. After graduating from UW in 1954, he joined the US Air Force as an officer, and spent the years 1955 and 1956 in service.

He returned to Seattle in 1957 and lived at 12319 32nd Avenue NE, Apartment #11. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1957, p. 444.)

Erickson and his wife Colleen lived at 5826 57th Avenue NE in 1958 through at least 1960. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1958, p. 436 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1960, p. 478.)

The family may have had a weekend house in Freeland, Whidbey Island, WA, as well, between 1983 and 2019. A number of architects lived in the Freeland area at this time.

In 1991, Erickson may have lived at 5701 Ann Arbor Ave NE, Seattle, WA, also in the Bryant neighborhood. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 12/11/2023.)

Erickson lived in Edmonds, WA, at 645 Bell Street, Apt #101, later in life, c. 2000-2015. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 12/11/2023.)

Parents

Lloyd E. Erickson ( worked as a dairyman in 1940. (He was the plant manager at Wildwood Dairy in 1942, as per the Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1942, p. 332.) The 1940 US Census indicated that he had completed two years of college.

He married Myrtle Lucile Lambert (born 12/21/1906-d. 03/01/1991 in WA) on 09/29/1928 in Seattle, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmcvol22_822, accessed 12/11/2023.)

Barden had two brothers, his twin Robert Vernon Erickson (born 07/15/1930 in Seattle, WA-d. 03/25/2016 in Seattle, WA) and a younger sibling Norman L. Erickson (born 01/23/1934 in Seattle, WA). Robert also attended the UW, while Norman resided in Northern CA.

Spouse

Barden Erickson wed twice, the second time years later following the death of his first wife.

He married Colleen "Coddy" Clarke Cassels (born 07/18/1932 in Bellingham, WA-d. 03/01/2000 in WA) on 05/02/1957 in Seattle, WA. She attended Roosevelt High School in 1950 and the University of Washington by 1954. (See Roosevelt High School Strenuous Life Yearbook, 1949-1950, p. 90 and University of Washington Tyee Yearbook, 1954, p. 218.)

Colleen's birth father was Donald William Clarke (born 01/15/1897 in Moscow, ID-d. 10/24/1964 in Seattle, WA), who owned a gas station in Bellingham, WA, in 1930. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 2342256, accessed 12/11/2023.) Donald Clarke married Norma Beatrice Alsop (born 06/22/1902 in WA-d. 04/14/1993 in WA) on 07/29/1924 in Mount Vernon, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013, accessed 12/11/2023.) Norma worked in the household, and had one child, Colleen, but divorced before 1939.

Norma remarried Angus Harold "Harry" Cassels (born 09/30/1903 in WA-d. 01/19/1982) on 05/06/1939 in Whatcom County, WA. (See Whatcom County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1891-2023 - Harry A Cassels - Norma B Clarke, Whatcom County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1891-1995, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov, accessed 12/11/2023.) Harry Cassels worked as an executive with a freight company, according to the 1950 US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: 826; Page: 74; Enumeration District: 40-173, accessed 12/11/2023.)

Colleen had a younger half-brother William A. Cassels (born c. 1942 in WA). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: 826; Page: 74; Enumeration District: 40-173, accessed 12/11/2023.)

Colleen had a long struggle with breast cancer that eventually took her life in 03/1990. (See Seattle Times.com, "Barden 'Bud' Erickson July 15, 1930- December 2. 2023," published 12/10/2023, accessed 12/11/2023.)

He married Jackie Hall c. 2000.

Children

He and Colleen had two children: Marcia Erickson Chapman and Robert Erickson.

Biographical Notes

His middle name may have been "George," for his maternal grandfather, George Arthur Lambert (born 10/27/1882 in Tomah, WI-d. 09/03/1966 in Seattle, WA).

Member, Downtown Seattle Rotary Club, Seattle, WA.

Member, Central Park Tennis Club, Kirkland, WA.

According to an obituary published by his family: "Upon retiring in 1990, Bud rediscovered his joy of painting and playing the piano. His watercolors adorn the walls of family and friends' homes, and he entertained many with his piano music." (See Seattle Times.com, "Barden 'Bud' Erickson July 15, 1930- December 2. 2023," published 12/10/2023, accessed 12/11/2023.)