Background
Darlington, Robert Palmer was born on December 26, 1923 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Charles Joseph and Marie Safford (Bender) Darlington.
Darlington, Robert Palmer was born on December 26, 1923 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Charles Joseph and Marie Safford (Bender) Darlington.
Student, Swarthmore College, 1941-1943; Bachelor of Architecture, Cornell Univercity, 1950; Master of Science in Architecture, University of Illinois, 1956.
Draftsman Schmidt, Garden & Erikson, Chicago, 1950-1951. Architect George Fred Keck/William Keck Architects, 1951-1953. Associate professor department architectural engineering, head architectural research section, director regional school laboratory Institute of Technology Washington State University, Pullman, 1953-1961.
Associate director building research advisory board National Academy of Sciences, Washington, 1961-1963. Technical director, executive director Building Research Institute, 1963-1966. Partner Richardson, Severns & Scheeler, Architects, Washington and Champaign, Illinois, 1966-1968.
Director architecture Copper Development Association, New York City, 1968-1969. Partner, vice president Neal Mitchell Associates, Architects, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1971. Chief architect Whitman & Howard Architects and Engineers, Boston, 1971-1972.
Chief architect, vice president Deck House, Acton, Massachusetts, 1972-1973. Private practice architect, since 1973. Associate professor, head department environmental design College Architecture and Environmental Design Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, 1975-1976.
Associate professor department architecture Arizona State University, Tempe, 1977.
Chairman Pullman City Planning Commission, 1958-1961. Member of faculty Executive Committee Washington State University, Pullman, 1958-1961. Member Conservation Commission, Town of Acton, 1993-1994.
Sergeant Army of the United States, 1943-1945, Italy. Member Organisation for Assabet River (chief photographer since 1993).
Married Jeanne Annabelle Olson, August 17, 1945. Children: Barbara Jean, Nancy Anne, Susan Marie.