Darrel Downing Rippeteau

Background

Rippeteau, Darrel Downing was born on January 14, 1917 in Clay Center, Nebraska, United States. Son of Claude LaVerne and Eva (Downing) Rippeteau.

Education

Bachelor in Architecture, University Nebraska, 1941.

Career

Staff architect Federal Housing Administration, Omaha, 1941-1942. Project manager, managing partner Sargent-Webster-Crenshaw & Folley, Architects and Engineers, Watertown, Buffalo, Syracuse, New York, Burlington, Vt, Bangor, Maine, 1946-1981. Treasurer, director Empire Forest System, Albany, New York, 1984-1989.

Retired, 1990

Board directors Architectural Corporation Atlanta, Key Bank Northern New York, Watertown, Association Island Recreational Corporation. Commissioner New York State Council Architecture, 1975-1985. Member New York State Forest Practice Board, 1980-2000, chairman, 1994-1998.

National advisory board member Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, New York, 1983-1995.

Achievements

• Darrel Downing Rippeteau has been listed as a notable Architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member national finance committee Republican Party, 1971-1973. Board trustees The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, New York, 1973-1999, Glenn Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, New York Major United States Army, 1942-1946. Lieutenant colonel Corps of Engineers retired, 1977.

Fellow American Institute of Architects (national director 1969-1973, trustee American Institute of Architects Foundation 1970-1973). Member Greater Watertown Chamber of Commerce (past president), New York State Association Industrial Development Agencies (past vice president), New York State Association Architects (president 1968-1969, political action committee 1980-1998, James Kideney award 1987), Building Research Institute, Reserve Officers Association (past president), American Tree Farm Association, Jefferson County History Society (director 1974-1978), OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (chapter president), Association United States Army (Fort Drum NNY chapter president 1985-1986).

Connections

Married Donna Doris Hiatt, January 8, 1939 (deceased 1988). Children: Bruce Estes, Darrel Downing, Jane Upson Heffron. Married Joyce Spencer, May 18, 1991.

Father:

Claude LaVerne Rippeteau

Mother:

Eva (Downing) Rippeteau

Spouse:

Joyce Spencer

Spouse:

Donna Doris Hiatt

child:

Darrel Downing Rippeteau

child:

Bruce Estes Rippeteau

child:

Jane Upson Heffron Rippeteau