Background
Coates, Gary Joseph was born on July 20, 1947 in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. Son of Joseph Leonard and Clare (Robertson) Coates.
Coates, Gary Joseph was born on July 20, 1947 in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. Son of Joseph Leonard and Clare (Robertson) Coates.
Bachelor Environmental Design magna cum laude, North Carolina State University, 1969. Master of Architecture, North Carolina State University, 1971.
Assistant professor department design and environmental analysis, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1971-1977; associate professor department architecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1977-1984; professor architecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, since 1984. Founding director University for Man Appropriate Technology Program, Manhattan, 1978-1983. Consultant, lecturer, presenter workshops in field.
Member American Solar Energy Society, Society Building Science Educators, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma.
Married Julie Taylor, September 6, 1969 (divorced May 1985). 1 child, Jason Christopher. Married Susanne Siepl, May 15, 1987.