Résumé

Architect, Higgins, McClarty and Braund, Architects, Bellevue, WA, c. 1975-1980.

Principal, Milbrandt Architects, Bellevue, WA, 1981- . In 2004, the architect worked at 11715 SE 5th Street, Suite #100, in Bellevue, WA.

High School / College

Graduate, Bothell High School, Bothell, WA, 1962.

B.Arch., University of Washington, Seattle (UW), College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP), Seattle, WA, 1975.

Relocation

In 1940, before Leonard James Milbrandt's birth, his parents Leonard Charles Mildred Milbrandt and sister Marlene resided in a rented house at 456 South Concord Street in South Saint Paul, MN. The Milbrandts paid $30 per month in rent, on par with surrounding renters. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: South St Paul, Dakota, Minnesota; Roll: m-t0627-01918; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 19-35, accessing 03/03/2025.)

His parents relocated from MN to Everett, WA, either just before or during World War II. They moved West because of better work opportunities for Leonard C. and to be closer to Mildred's family in the state. Leonard James Milbrandt was born in Everett, WA, in 05/1944. In 1950, his family continued to reside in an eastern neighborhood of Everett. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: King, Washington; Roll: 2437; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 17-194, accessed 03/03/2025.)

In recent years, Milbrandt and his wife have resided in Redmond, WA.

Parents

His father was Leonard Chester Milbrandt (born 10/03/1913 in Princeton, MN-d. 04/18/2004 in King County, WA). The 1940 US Census indicated that Leonard C. Milbrandt worked as a mechanic in an auto garage. His World War II draft registration card indicated that he worked for the Young Motor Car Company in Saint Paul. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Minnesota, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 155, accessed 03/03/2025.) Ten years later, he managed an automobile garage in Everett, WA.

The architect's mother was Mildred Mary Christenson (born 08/11/1915 in Clarissa, MN-d. 05/17/1995 in WA). The 1940 US Census indicated that Mildred had completed four years of high school, while Leonard completed 8th grade. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: South St Paul, Dakota, Minnesota; Roll: m-t0627-01918; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 19-35, accessing 03/03/2025.)

He had a sister Marlene Marie Milbrandt (born 05/31/1935 in Ramsey, MN) who married at least twice in her life and resided in WA State.

Spouse

He wed Gayle Lynn Sullivan (born c. 10/1942 in Grand Rapids, MN) on 05/07/1980 in King County, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmc461834, accessed 03/03/2025.)