Background
Sappenfield, Charles Madison was born on March 17, 1930 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Madison and Elizabeth Olive (Moss) Sappenfield.
Sappenfield, Charles Madison was born on March 17, 1930 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Madison and Elizabeth Olive (Moss) Sappenfield.
Bachelor of Architecture, North Carolina State University, 1956. Certified, Denmark's Royal Academy, Copenhagen, 1961.
Assistant professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1956-1957;
assistant professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1961-1963;
head architectural firm, C.M. Sappenfield, Asheville, North Carolina and Muncie, Indiana, since 1961;
associate professor, Clemson U., South Carolina., 1963-1965;
professor architecture, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1965-1994;
professor emeritus, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, since 1994;
dean, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1965-1981;
dean emeritus, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, since 1994;
director Design Indiana, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1983-1988. Awards juror Interfaith Forum on Religious Art and Architecture, 1981, American Cons. Engineers Council, 1982.
Member accreditation teams National Architectural Accrediting Board, 1967-1982.
President Asheville Art Museum, North Carolina, 1964-1965. Chairman Indiana Commission on Aging, Indianapolis, 1983-1985. President Alpha Day Care Center for Elderly, Muncie, 1985.
Member State Planning Advisory Commission, Indianapolis, 1974-1982. Served with United States Army. Fellow American Institute of Architects (director national board directors 1989-1992).
Member Indiana Society Architects (president 1976), Indiana Architectural Foundation (chairman 1975), American Society Landscape Architects (awards juror 1983), Danish Federation Architects (honorary, Aeresmedallion 1987), Fulbright Alumni Association, Alpha Rho Chi. Lodges: Rotary, Civitan.
Married Mary Frances McGowan December 14, 1963 (divorced June 1990). Children– Charles Ross, Sarah Kathleen.