Background
Wade, John William was born on December 25, 1925 in Florence, Alabama, United States. Son of Alex Chisolm and Myrtle Esther (Kent) Wade.
Wade, John William was born on December 25, 1925 in Florence, Alabama, United States. Son of Alex Chisolm and Myrtle Esther (Kent) Wade.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1949; Bachelor of Architecture, Harvard University, 1952; postgraduate town planning (Fulbright scholar), University College, London, 1952-1953; Master in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1964.
Designer, Perry, Shaw & Hepburn, Boston, 1952; designer, job captain, Eero Saarinen & Associations, Bloomfield, Michigan, 1953-1956; job captain, Hideo Sasaki & Associations, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1956-1957; private practice architecture, Hilton Head, South Carolina., 1957-1963; associate professor, head division architecture, Tuskegee (Alabama) Institute, 1964-1968; dean School Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1968-1975; professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1975-1977; professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1978-1991. Co-chairman Wisconsin Examination Board for Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors and Designers, 1968-1975.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1944-1945.
Married Flora W. Fay, March 1952 (divorced March 1960). Children— Mark, Bret, Paul. Married Donna White, September 30, 1965.