Background
Gilchrist, William Aaron was born on January 31, 1956 in New York City. Son of Johnie Aaron and Juanita Marcella (Hunt) Gilchrist.
Gilchrist, William Aaron was born on January 31, 1956 in New York City. Son of Johnie Aaron and Juanita Marcella (Hunt) Gilchrist.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977. Master of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982.
Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1996.
Project engineer H.J. Russell & Company, Atla., 1982-1984, project manager, 1987-1988, project director Birmingham, Alabama, 1988-1990. Branch manager H.J. Russel & Company, 1990-1993. Director planning and engineering City of Birmingham, 1993-1997, director planning, engineering and permits, since 1997.
Architect intern Cherry Roberts Sullivan, Atla., 1984-1987. Project director Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, 1988-1991. Member visiting committee department architecture Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1997.
Member advisory committee on community development Auburn University, Alabama, since 1994. Member international advisory board remaking cities institate Carnegie Mellon University, since 2006.
Board directors Discovery 2000 Science Museum, Birmingham, 1991-1993, Birmingham Festival of Arts, since 1993, Alabama Symphony Foundation, Birmingham, 1997-1999. Fellow American Institute of Architects (Alabama state council, chairman committee on design assistant team, urban design committee since 1999). Member American Planning Association (delegate 1996), Construction Specifications Institute, Urban Land Institute (trustee, vice chair public/private partnership council), Kiwanis.