Background
Yessios, Chris Ioannis was born on August 10, 1938 in Edessa, Greece. Arrived in United States, 1968, naturalized, 1979. Son of Ioannis C. and Aikaterini (Papachristou) Yessios.
Yessios, Chris Ioannis was born on August 10, 1938 in Edessa, Greece. Arrived in United States, 1968, naturalized, 1979. Son of Ioannis C. and Aikaterini (Papachristou) Yessios.
Diploma in Law, Aristotelian University, Thesaloniki, Greece, 1962. Diploma in Architecture, Aristotelian University, Thesaloniki, Greece, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1973.
Technical director & partner Gorgo: Workshop for Interior Designs and Popular Crafts, Athens, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1960—1962. With various architectural and planning firms, 1962—1973. Private practice Thessaloniki, Columbus, Ohio, since 1974.
President Automated Design Systems Inc., since 1989. Teaching assistant, department urban affairs University Pittsburgh, 1968. Teaching and research associate, department architecture Carnegie-Mellon University, 1969—1971, lecturer, 1971—1973.
Assistant professor, architecture Ohio State University, 1973—1979, associate professor, architecture and computer-aided design, 1979—1983, professor, since 1983. Consultant, computer-aided design and computer graphics techiques for practice architecture and planning, since 1975.
Member of National Computer Graphics Association, Special Interest Group for Design Automation, Special Interest Group Computer Graphics, Association Computing Machinery, Association Computer Aided Design in Architecture (president 1983-1984), Design Methods Group, Environ, Design and Research Association, Technology Chamber Greece, Greek Institute Architects, Carnegie-Mellon University Alumni Association, Anatolia College Alumni Association.
Married Alexandra Varsamis, September 1, 1971. Children: Yiannis, Katerina, Dorina, Christina.