Résumé

Partner, Losekann and Clowdsley, Architects, Stockton, CA, 1920-1923. Clowdsley received his license to practice architecture in the State of CA in 1920, and worked for most of his career in Stockton and surrounding areas in San Joaquin County.

Principal, John U. Clowdsley, Architect, Stockton, CA, 1924-1944.

Partner, Clowdsley, Ernst, Johnson and Mayo, Architects, Stockton, CA, c. 1945-1946.

Partner, Clowdsley and Ernst, Architects, Stockton, CA, 1947-1948. This firm continued to share office space with Clowdsley, Ernst, Johnson and Mayo, Architects, through 1948. (See Polk's Stockton, California, City Directory, 1948, p. 728.)

Partner, Clowdsley and Whipple, Architects, Stockton, CA, 1949-1964.

Consultant, Page, Clowdsley and Bailey, Architects, San Francisco, CA, after 1965. A notice of Clowdsley's death appeared in the American Institute of Architects Journal in 1974: "Deaths," AIA Journal, 61:5, 05/1974, p. 26.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Central Valley Chapter, (1946-1971).

Archives

Clowdsley's office records are preserved in the "John Upton Clowdsley Collection, 1914-1962." at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) College of Environmental Documents (CED) Collection.

College

Received architectural training at the University of California, Berkeley, 1914-1917, leaving before graduation to enter the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in World War I.

Relocation

Clowdsley and his wife, Alberta, lived at 1767 Lucerne Avenue in Stockton, CA, in 1949. (See Polk's Stockton, California, City Directory, 1949, p. 123.)

Spouse

He wed Alberta E. Clowdsley.

Children

A son, John U. Clowdsley, Jr., also became an architect working in the San Francisco firm of Page, Clowdsley and Bailey. John Upton Clowdsley, Jr., obtained a M.Arch., degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 06/1953. (See University of California Register, 1952-1953, Vol. II, [Berkeley: University of California, 1953], p. 124.)