Background
Lafferty, Richard Thomas was born on December 12, 1932 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Arthur M. and Emily (May) Lafferty.
Lafferty, Richard Thomas was born on December 12, 1932 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Arthur M. and Emily (May) Lafferty.
Bachelor of Architecture, Syracuse University, 1956.
Registered architect, New York Draftsman Sweeney-Burden, Architects, Syracuse, 1954-1956, Gordon P. Schopfer, American Institute of Architects, Syracuse, 1959-1963. Job captain Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw & Folley, Syracuse,1963-1975, associate, chief estimator, 1975-1988. Project architect Very Important Person Architectural Associations, Syracuse, 1988-1990, associate, 1989-1990, project architect Schopfer Architects, 1990-1993.
Architect, Richard T. Lafferty, 1993-1994.
Architect, Fuligni-Fragola Architects, 1994. Instructor drafting Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, 1968-1970, instructor codes, 1972-1976, curriculum adviser architectural technical, 1986.
Curriculum adviser architectural tech.SUNY, Delhi, 1984. Member of New York State Board Architecture, 1990, chairman, 1995-1996.
Secretary region II National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 1995-1997, member code committee, 1996-1997, Associate of Royal Society of Painter Etchers committee, 1997.
Advisory member Onondaga County Plumbi Board, Syracuse, since 1978. Curriculum adviser National Technology Institute for Deaf, Rochester, New York, since 1984, member Uniform Code Syracuse/Watertown Board Review, 1984. Member Capitol District Board of Review, 1997.
Served to captain United States Air Force, 1956-1959. Member American Institute of Architects (energy committee 1981-1985, professional development committee 1981-1985), Central New York American Institute of Architects (treasurer 1978-1979, president 1981, secretary 1989-1994, editor newsletter since 1978, chairman code committee 1983-1984, since 1989), New York State Association Architects (director 1980-1984, member handicap committee 1983-1984, president 1987, past president 1988, President Medal 1991), New York State Associations of Professions (president 1991).
Married Janece Fiore, April 28, 1962. Children: Alicia, Hope.