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Gelleke, Gerrit Jacob De was born on August 19, 1872 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Pieter and Antje (Davelaar) deG.
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Gerrit Jacob De Gelleke, American architect. Member firm VanRyn & de Gelleke, architects, 1897-1936, of firm VanRyn & de Gelleke, Armstrong & de Gelleke, 1925-1930; member Metropolitan Master Plan Association (Milwaukee), 1943-1945. Director and; (Fellow) The American Institute of Architects (director 1934-1937; member jury of fellows 1938-1944; Member.
Education
Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, 1897.
Career
Member firm VanRyn & de Gelleke, architects, 1897-1936, of firm VanRyn & de Gelleke, Armstrong & de Gelleke, 1925-1930. Engaged in practice individually since 1936. Architect, Milwaukee School Board, 1905-1918.
Executive architect Allied Architects of Milwaukee, architects of Parklawn, Federal Housing project, Milwaukee, 1936-1944.
Chairman architects division Wisconsin Registration Board of Architects and Professional Engineers, 1935-1949, chairman Citizens Lake Front Committee (Milwaukee), 1940-1946. Member Metropolitan Master Plan Association (Milwaukee), 1943-1945.
Director and member board of trustees Young Men's Christian Association since 1925. Vice president Wisconsin Home and Farm School since 1910.
Achievements
Membership
Member firm VanRyn & de Gelleke, architects, 1897-1936, of firm VanRyn & de Gelleke, Armstrong & de Gelleke, 1925-1930. Member Metropolitan Master Plan Association (Milwaukee), 1943-1945. Director and; (Fellow) The American Institute of Architects (director 1934-1937.
Member jury of fellows 1938-1944.
Member; Clubs: City, Knickerbocker Society, University of Pennsylvania Alumni, Rotary (1912).
Connections
Married Sylvia West. deHeus, September 27, 1906. Children: Sylvia (Mistress Gerhard M. Kuechle), Gerrit James (officer United States Army), Janet (Mistress Peter Holderness Woods), Dorrit (Mistress James Edward Cormany), Elizabeth (Mistress Stuart Bruce Palmer).
- Father:
- Pieter Gelleke
- Mother:
- Antje (Davelaar) Gelleke
- Spouse:
- Sylvia West. deHeus
- child:
- Dorrit Gelleke (Mistress James Edward Cormany)
- child:
- Elizabeth Gelleke (Mistress Stuart Bruce Palmer)
- child:
- Gerrit James Gelleke (officer United States Army)
- child:
- Janet Gelleke (Mistress Peter Holderness Woods)
- child:
- Sylvia Gelleke (Mistress Gerhard M. Kuechle)
