Summary: | Architect and business executive, William N. Whitley was born on April 29, 1934 in Rochester, New York. He graduated from Kent State University in 1957 with his B.S. degree in architecture, and went on to serve as a captain in the United States Air Force until 1960. In the 1960s, Whitley joined his brother James at Whitley/Whitley Architects and Planners LLC, serving as vice president and project principal. Whitley/Whitley Architects provided work in Cleveland, throughout the state of Ohio and in other cities across the United States, including Saint Louis, Missouri; Indianapolis, Indiana; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Gary, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; Saginaw, Michigan; Buffalo, New York; Rochester, New York; New York City, New York; Orlando, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Reading, Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C. and San Diego, California. Whitley/Whitley Architects and Planners LLC received the United Torch Progressive Architecture Design Award, the HUD Biennial Design Award, the East Ohio Energy Conservation Award and the ASO Honor Awards Certificate of Merit.
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