Noland Blass

Background

Blass, Noland was born on May 28, 1920 in Little Rock. Son of Noland and Isabel (Ringelhaupt) Blass.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Cornell Univercity, 1941.

Career

Designer-principal, Blass Chilcote Carter Gaskin Bogart & Norcross, Little Rock, 1946-1971; president, Blass Chilcote and partners and predecessor firms, 1972-1990; retired, Blass Chilcote and partners and predecessor firms, 1990. Board directors Ottenheimer Foundation, Little Rock, since 1985. Member Fifty for the Future, Little Rock, since 1965 (president 1985-1987).

Achievements

• Noland Blass has been listed as a notable architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Arkansas Arts Center, 1972. Member Little Rock Planning Commission, 1960-1969. President Pulaski Metropolitan Young Men’s Christian Association, 1967-1968.

Member Governor's Inauguation Committee, 1971. President Arkansas Orchestra Society, 1976. Trustee American International Assurance Ednl.

Endowment Fund; board directors Levi Hospital, Mid-American Arts Alliance, since 1980. President Levi Foundation, 1983. Trustee Arkansas Orchestra Federation, 1990.

Served with Army of the United States, 1941-1945. Fellow American Institute of Architects (president Arkansas branch 1958-1959, Arkansas Gold medal 1989). Member Masons (33 degree), Tau Beta Pi, Zeta Beta Tau.

Interests

• Avocation: collecting Japanese inro.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Weitzenhoffer, October 21, 1947. Children: Elizabeth Victoria, Wendy Blass Dilivio.

Father:

Noland Blass

Mother:

Isabel (Ringelhaupt) Blass

Spouse:

Elizabeth Weitzenhoffer

child:

Elizabeth Victoria Blass

child:

Wendy Blass Dilivio Blass