Background
Sturgis, Robert Shaw was born on July 8, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George and Rosamond Thomas (Bennett) Sturgis.
Sturgis, Robert Shaw was born on July 8, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George and Rosamond Thomas (Bennett) Sturgis.
Graduate, St. Mark's School, Southboro, Massachusetts, 1939. AB, Harvard, 1947; Master in Architecture, Harvard, 1951.
Architect Kilham, Hopkins, Greeley & Brodie, Boston, 1952-1955, Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott, Boston, 1955-1964, Robert S. Sturgis, Boston, 1964-1968. Partner Feloney & Sturgis (architects), Cambridge, 1969-1975, Robert Sturgis, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, since 1975. Head critic Boston Architectural Center, 1955-1966, instructor, since 1988, chair education committee, 1989-1995.
Director, 1971-1993, 95—. Visiting lecturer Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1970, Boston University, Yale University, 1975. Urban design consultant Haverhill, Lynn and Cambridge, Massachusetts, also, Atlanta.
Member overseers' visiting committee School Design Harvard, 1965-1970. Chairman Governor's Task Force Arts and Cultural Facilities, 1972. Chairman board, lecturer Boston Architectural Center, 1981-1985.
Consultant Maine State Capitol committee, 1989-1990.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Fellow American Institute of Architects (chairman urban planning and design committee 1970, member planned growth task group 1988-1992, Presidential citation 1988). Member Boston Society Architects (president 1972, chairman civic design committee 1959-1967, chairman regional design committee since 1988, member joint regional transportation committee since 1994).
Married Chiquita Mitchell, December 20, 1947 (wid. February 1996); children: Susanna Jordan, Roger Bennett, John Hanson, Ellen Shaw. Married Sylvia Maynard, August 22, 1997.