Background
Schwing, Charles E. was born on November 21, 1929 in Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States. Son of Calvin Kendrick and Mary Howard (Slack) Schwing.
Schwing, Charles E. was born on November 21, 1929 in Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States. Son of Calvin Kendrick and Mary Howard (Slack) Schwing.
Student, Louisiana State University, 1951. Bachelor of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1953. B.Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1954.
3e Assessit de'Architecture, Ecole Des Beaux-Arts.
Field inspector, Bodman, Murrell and Smith, Baton Rouge, 1954-1955; associate architect, Post & Harelson, Baton Rouge, 1955-1959; partner, Hughes and Schwing, Baton Rouge, 1959-1961; owner, Charles E. Schwing, Baton Rouge, 1961-1969; owner, Charles E. Schwing & Associates, Baton Rouge, since 1969; vice president, Schwing Inc., Baton Rouge, 1979-1989; president, Schwing Inc., Plaquemine, Louisiana, 1989. Member Louisiana State Board Architectural Examiners, 1983-1995 (president 1988-1989), National Council Architectural Registration Bds. (chairman Region III 1988-1989, board directors 1990-1993), advisory board Architects National Employers Trust.
Board directors Baton Rouge Area Foundation, 1986-1992, treasurer 1987-1989. Board directors Womens Hospital, 1993-1994. Fellow American Institute of Architects (treasurer, executive committee, director, planning committee, chairman finance committee 1976-1977, treasurer, executive committee, director, finance committee research corporation 1976-1977, treasurer, director foundation 1976-1977, vice president 1978, president-elect 1979, president 1980), Royal Architecture Institute Canada (honorary).
Member Louisiana Architects Association (secretary-treasurer 1971, vice president 1972, president 1973), Venezuelan Society Architects (honorary), Bolivian Institute Architects (honorary), Chamber of Commerce, Louisiana State University Alumni Federation, Georgia Technology Alumni Club, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Baton Rouge Country, City.
Married Cynthia Benjamin, June 14, 1952 (divorced 1967). Children— Calvin Kendick III, Therra Cynthia. Married Geraldine Fleniken Hofmann, December 27, 1969.
1 stepson, Steven Blake.