Background
Connally, Ernest Allen was born on November 15, 1921 in Groesbeck, Texas, United States. Son of Ernest Lackey and Pauline (Allen) Connally.
Connally, Ernest Allen was born on November 15, 1921 in Groesbeck, Texas, United States. Son of Ernest Lackey and Pauline (Allen) Connally.
Student, Rice University, 1940. Student, University Texas, 1942. Student, University Florence, Italy, 1947.
Bachelor of Architecture, University Texas, 1950. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955.
Assistant professor architecture, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1952-1955;
associate professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1955-1957;
visiting professor, Washington University, 1962;
associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1957-1961;
professor, University of Illinois, 1961-1967;
associate, Center for Advanced Study, 1966-1967;
assistant director, National Park Svc., unites states department Interior, Washington, 1967-1972;
associate director, National Park Svc., unites states department Interior, Washington, 1972-1978;
chief appeals officer cultural resources, National Park Service, Department Interior, Washington, 1982-1992;
associate director, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, 1978-1979. Consultant restoration history buildings, since 1952. Consultant United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Nepal, 1968, member working group for Sukhotai History Park, Thailand, 1982-1988.
Secretary-treas, United States committee International Council on Monuments and Sites, 1969-1973, chairman, 1973-1975, secretary-general, International Council on Monuments and Sites, Paris, 1975-1981. Fulbright professor of University Melbourne, Australia, 1963. United States delegate United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Conference on Cultural Property, 1968.
United States representative International Conference on Recording History Monuments, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1969. United States delegate, vice president General Assembly, International Centre for Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, Rome, 1971, 77, member Executive Board, 1971-1975. Member United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Joint Working Group on Urban Environmental, 1973-1981.
Board directors Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, Washington,1974-1978. Charter member Senior Executive Svc. of United States of America, 1979.
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Major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946, lieutenant colonel Reserve, 1956-1958. Member American Institute of Architects (honorary), Sons of the American Revolution, Society Architectural Historians (past board directors), National Trust for History Preservation (past trustee), Fulbright Association, National Parks and Conservation Association, Association for Preservation Virginia Antiquities, Gargoyle, Cosmos Club, Harvard Club (Washington), Alpha Rho Chi, Tau Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Janice Muriel Wegner, August 28, 1951. Children: Mary Allen, John Arnold.