Background
Smith, James Kellum was born on October 3, 1893 in Towanda, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Stephen Harlow and Helen Mary (Kellum) Smith.
Smith, James Kellum was born on October 3, 1893 in Towanda, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Stephen Harlow and Helen Mary (Kellum) Smith.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1915. University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Science in Architecture 1919, Master of Science in Architecture 1920. John Stewardson Memorial Traveling fellow, 1919.
Fellow architecture, American Academy Rome, 1920-1923.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Amherst College, 1946, Bowdoin College, 1951.
Associate firm of McKim. Mead & White, since 1924, member of firm since 1929. Practice devoted principally to design of public and educational buildings.
Examples include buildings for Adelphi, Middlebury, Union, and Trinity colleges, Delaware, Tufts, Wesleyan, Vermont, Wesleyan, Colgate, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania universities, American U. Beirut, and (as consultant) Northwestern, Harvard, The Johns Hopkins universities, Smith College.
Also Infantry School of United States Army, Fort Benning, Georgia, City Hall, Schenectady, New New York
Fellow) The American Institute of Architects. Member National Institute Arts and Letters (vice president 1954-1957), Architectural League New York, National Sculpture Society. Member: Chi Psi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
World War I, Reserve Military Aviator, 2nd Lieutenant, Aviation Section, South.O.R.C. World World World War II, Lieutenant Colonel, United States A.A.F., Joint Intelligence Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Clubs: Century Association, University.
Married Elizabeth Dexter Walker, April. Children: James Kellum, Anne.