James Alden Embry II

Background

II, James Alden Embry was born on August 31, 1936 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph Jeremiah and Lera Jean (Jaggers) E.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Auburn U., 1959.

Career

Apprentice architect, Six Associations Inc. Architects, Asheville, North Carolina, 1959-1960; apprentice architect, Bebb and Fleming Architects, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1963-1966; architect, owner, James A. Embry and Associations, Gatlinburg, 1966-1989; owner, Architecture Plus, Sevierville, Tennessee, since 1989. Lecturer School Architecture, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1991-1992.

Juror Opus II, U. Tennessee Annual Design Awards Program, 1978.

Achievements

• James Alden Embry II has been listed as a notable Architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Environmental Design Review Board, Gatlinburg, 1985-1994. Member Sevier County Library. Board, Sevierville, 1991-1994.

Member, secretary Gatlinburg Planning Commission, 1972-1975. Member Gatlinburg Arts Council, 1978. President School Architecture and Arts, Auburn, 1959.

With United States Army, 1960-1963. Member Rotary (president 1976-1977).

Interests

• Avocations: watercolors, photography, hiking, choral singing, music.

Connections

Married Penelope Jane Hutchinson, July 15, 1967. Children: Shannon Rebecca, Eric Jaggers.

Father:

Joseph Jeremiah E.

Mother:

Lera Jean (Jaggers) E.

Spouse:

Penelope Jane Hutchinson

child:

Eric Jaggers II

child:

Shannon Rebecca II