Background
Billings, Dorothy Baker was born in 1918 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of James Alpheus and Ethel Vivian (Ogg) Baker.
Billings, Dorothy Baker was born in 1918 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of James Alpheus and Ethel Vivian (Ogg) Baker.
AB, Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1939. Postgraduate, New York School Interior Design, 1946.
Cryptographer, Air Transportation Command., Great Falls, Montana, 1942-1943;
with, Irene's Interiors, Charlotte, 1947-1948;
proprietor, Dorothy Baker Billings, Inc. (interiors), Charlotte, since 1948;
liaison between designers and managers, educational public relations promotor, American Institute Interiors Designers (now American Society Interior Designers), 1959-1973;
president, Carolinas chapter, 1964, 70;
national Board of Governors, Carolinas chapter, 1963-1966;
chairman committees, Carolinas chapter, 1959-1977;
national chairman history preservation, Carolinas chapter, 1977-1987. Director Hadley Peoples Manufacturing Company, 1958-1987.
Teacher interior design Queens College, 1967. Consultant Hezekia Alexander Restoration, 1967-1987, Latta Place, Inc., 1975-1987.
Fellow American Society Interior Designers. Member History North Carolina Preservation Society, Museum Early Decorative Arts, National Trust. Clubs: Charlotte Country.
Linville Country, Grandfather Golf and Country (Linville, North Carolina).
Married Robinson Billings, June 11, 1943.