Background
Lefferts, Gillet was born on May 6, 1923 in New York City. Son of Gillet and Helen Willets (Lambert) Lefferts.
Lefferts, Gillet was born on May 6, 1923 in New York City. Son of Gillet and Helen Willets (Lambert) Lefferts.
AB, Williams College, 1947; Master of Fine Arts, Princeton, 1950.
Apprentice, Moore & Hutchins, New York City, 1947-1948, 50-55; associate, Moore & Hutchins, 1955-1966; partner, Moore & Hutchins, 1967-1972; partner, Hutchins, Evans & Lefferts, New York City, 1972-1989; member, William A. Hall Partnership, Architecture and Planning, New York City, since 1990. Instructor Mechanics Institute, New York City, 1955-1958.
Member zoning board appeals Town of Darien, Connecticut, 1961-1969, member planningand zoning commission, 1969-1977, chairman, 1973-1977, member board selectmen, 1983-1989. Board directors Darien History Society, 1978-1983, president, 1982-1983. Trustee Darien Public Library., 1991-1997.
Board directors Darien Nature Center, since 1997, chairman since 1999. With United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Fellow American Institute of Architects.
Member Fairfield County Alumni Association Williams College (vice president 1965-1967), National Institute Architectural Education ( chairman of the board of trustees 1963-1965, treasurer 1970-1973), Delta Psi.
Married Lucia Beverly Hollerith, April 21, 1951. Children: Helena Gillet (deceased), Robert Beverly, John Willets, Sarah Fox, David Hollerith.