Background
Willauer, Arthur Osborne was born on August 5, 1908 in Rye, New York, United States. Son of Arthur Ebbs and Katherine (Whiting) Willauer.
Willauer, Arthur Osborne was born on August 5, 1908 in Rye, New York, United States. Son of Arthur Ebbs and Katherine (Whiting) Willauer.
Graduate Phillips Exeter Academy. Bachelor of Science, Princeton, 1930, Master of Fine Arts, 1932. Postgraduate Harvard, 1933.
Associate, Little & Russell, architects, Boston, 1935-1939. Partner Wirtz, Calhoun & Willauer, architects, Houston, 1939-1941. Architectural coordinator Robert & Company, architects-engineers-managers
Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1941-1942.
Assistant to project manager Robert & Company B-29 Bomber Plant, Marietta, Georgia, 1942-1945. Director architecture Franzheim-Mills, architects, Washington, 1945-1947.
Architectural consultant New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, 1946-1971. Architect, Captiva, Florida and Prouts Neck, Maine, 1971-1978.
Architectural adviser to building committee New England Conservatory Music, 1956-1959.
Director, vice president, trustee, chairman finance committee, chairman building committee Boston Architectural Center, 1960-1976.
Member school building committee Town of Dedham, 1958-1960. Member Town Hall Building Committee, 1960-1961. Member Police Station building committee, Dedham, 1961-1962.
Fellow American Institute of Architects (treasurer New England Regional council 1961-1964).
Member Massachusetts Association Architects (secretary 1953-1954), Boston Society Architects (director 1952-1956). Club: Prouts Neck Yacht.
Important works include Willauer Residence, Dwinell Residence, Dedham, Hallward, Maynard, Rockefeller, Sprague, Smith and Talbot residences, Prouts Neck, Maine.
Married Alice Lowell Homer, March 3, 1934. Children: Peter O., Charles H., West. Bradford.