Background
Sheffrey, Gerald Rainey Mc was born on August 13, 1931 in Belfast, Ireland. Son of Hugh and Jane (Piggot) McSheffrey.
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Sheffrey, Gerald Rainey Mc was born on August 13, 1931 in Belfast, Ireland. Son of Hugh and Jane (Piggot) McSheffrey.
Student, Belfast College of Technology, 1956. Diploma in Architecture, University College, University London, 1959. Diploma in Civic Design, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1963.
Architectural assistant various architectural firms, Belfast, 1950-1957; design architect, Munce and Kennedy, Belfast, 1957-1962; architect/planner, Liverpool (England) City Planning Department and Livingston New Town, 1963-1965; associate partner, James Munce Partnership, Belfast, 1965-1968; principal planning officer (design), Belfast City Planning Department, 1968-1971; professor architecture, U. Kansas, 1971-1973; director architectural studies, U. Kansas, 1976-1979; Belfast regional architect, director development, Northern Ireland Housing Executive, 1973-1976; professor architecture, dean, College Architecture, Planning and Design, Illinois Institute Technology, 1979-1982; dean College Architecture and Environmental Design, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1982-1986; professor architecture, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1988-1998; vice president, Arizona State University, West Campus, Phoenix, 1985-1988; professor and dean emeritus, since 1998. Visiting fellow Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1989. External examiner in urban design and landscape studies U. Edinburgh, 1973-1976.
Fellow Royal Institute British Architects, Royal Town Planning Institute. Member American Institute of Architects.
Married Norma Isabella Lowry, June 4, 1956. Children: Laurence, Niall, Aidan.
