Background
Turk, John Cobb was born on October 16, 1930 in Buffalo. Son of Roswell Lester and Alice Knoche (Cobb) Turk.
Turk, John Cobb was born on October 16, 1930 in Buffalo. Son of Roswell Lester and Alice Knoche (Cobb) Turk.
Bachelor in Fine Arts, Colgate University, 1952.
Apprentice, Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship, Spring Green, Wisconsin, also Scottsdale, Arizona, 1955-1957; architectural draftsman, various architects, Buffalo, 1959-1972; instructor architectural egring. technical, Midlands Technology College, Columbia, s.C., 1972-1977; head department architectural engineering technical, Midlands Technology College, Columbia, s.C., 1977-1979; head construction technical department, Midlands Technology College, Columbia, s.C., 1979-1984; architect, Carlisle Associations, Columbia, 1984-1987; architect, director engineering and houusing, Fort Jackson, Columbia, 1987-1988; architect, head design and engineering Department, University South Carolina. Facilities Management Office, Columbia, since 1988.
Director Lake Murray Association, 2001—2002. Member of Construction Specifications Institute (board directors Columbia chapter 1996-1998, vice president 1998-1999, president-elect 1999—2000, president 2000-2001, director 2001-2006, construction documents technician), Intertel, Mensa (vice president Central South Carolina chapter 1978, secretary 1998—2001, vice president 2005-2007, president 2007-2008, vice president since 2008).
Married Joanna D. Paulat, June, 1963 (deceased April 1966). Married Sandra Miriam Baruch, March 18, 1967 (deceased June 1988). 1 stepchild, Christine Paulat.
Married Mary Jean Raftery, June 25, 1988.