Background
Whittlesey was born in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Whittlesey was born in Greenwich, Connecticut.
He studied civil engineering and architecture at Yale (degrees in 1927 and 1930). He also studied on a fellowship to the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.
In the early 1930s, Whittlesey worked for the Resettlement Administration and the United States. Public Housing Administration. During World World War II, he designed miliary-related housing and administrative buildings. In 1935, he co-founded Mayer & Whittlesey, with Albert Mayer.
The firm designed and other large buildings.
They also helped design the cities of, and In the 1950"s, he co-founded Whittlesey, Conklin & Rossant, which designed.