Résumé

Field Inspector, Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake, WA, c. 1961. "He has a year's experience as field inspector of a $6 million, 330-unit housing project being built at Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake." (See "Spokane Architect Forms Partnership," Spokane Chronicle, 10/03/1969, p. 5.) This housing was needed as the Moses Lake Air Force Base became part of the Strategic Air Command's 4170th Strategic Wing, and facilities were expanded. The base also received three Titan I missile silos in the area. (See Rachal Pinkerton, Columbia Basin Herald.com, "1966: Larson AFB becomes Port of Moses Lake," published 01/17/2020, accessed 07/20/2023.)

Draftsman, Kenneth W. Brooks, Architect, Spokane, WA, c. 1962-1963.

Associate, Kenneth W. Brooks, Architect, Spokane, WA, c. 1963.

Partner, Brooks, Hensley and Creager, Architects, Spokane, WA, 1969-1992.

College

B.Arch., University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 1960.

College Awards

Recipient, C.F. Hummel Prize, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 1959.

Relocation

In 1940, Joseph Hensley lived with his divorced mother and three siblings in Coeur d'Alene, ID, at 308 West Linden Avenue. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Coeur D'alene, Kootenai, Idaho; Roll: m-t0627-00748; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 28-17, accessed 06/19/2023.)

Parents

His father was Jay Morgan Hensley (born 05/18/1907 in Melrose, MT-d. 09/04/1956 in Missoula, MT). His mother Norvelle Ethel Adeline Alexander ( divorced Jay Hensley before 1940.