Background
LeMessurier, William James was born on June 12, 1926 in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. Son of William James and Bertha Emma (Sherman) LeM.
LeMessurier, William James was born on June 12, 1926 in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. Son of William James and Bertha Emma (Sherman) LeM.
Born in Pontiac, Michigan, LeMessurier graduated with an Bachelor of Arts from Harvard, went to Harvard Graduate School of Design and then earned a master"s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1953.
Partner, Goldberg, LeMessurier Association, Boston, 1952-1961;
president, LeMessurier Associations Inc., Boston and Cambridge, 1961-1973;
chairman, Sippican Cons. International Inc., Cambridge, 1973-1985;
chairman, LeMessurier Cons. Inc., Cambridge, since 1985.
Instructor department building construction and engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951-1952, assistant professor, 1952-1956, associate professor department architecture, 1964-1967, senior lecturer department сivil engineering, 1976-1977, lecturer, 1983-1986. Associate professor graduate school design Harvard University, 1956-1961, Adjunct Professor, since 1973. Visiting lecturer Yale University, University of Michigan, University of Illinois, Chicago, Rice U., Washington University, St. Louis, Northeastern U., Rhode Island School Design, Cornell Univercity, University of Pennsylvania, Roger Williams College, University of California, Berkeley, University Texas, Austin.
Speaker Association Collegiate Schools of Architecture Construction Materials and Technology Institute, Harvard University. Member science advising committee National Center Earthquake Engineering Research.
Member Cambridge Experimentation Review Board, 1977. Juror Capitol area architectural and planning board State Capitol Building Extension, St. Paul, 1977, American Institute Architects Regional Awards Program, Northern Vermont, 1980, Progressive Architecutre magazine, Portland Cement Association Awards, 1986, Fazlur Rahman Kahn International Fellowship, New York City, 1987. Technical advisor to jury Boston Architectural Center Competition.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (honorary), American Concrete Institute, American Institute Archs. (honorary); mem.NAE, Boston Society Archs. (honorary), Boston Society Civil Engineers (honorary), Boston Association Structural Engineers (past president), American Institute Steel Construction (specifications advising committee since 1961, Award of Excellence 1962, 66, 70, 77, 79, Special award 1972), VA (advisory board division construction), National Committee on Housing Technology, Structural Clay Products Institute (building code committee), Seismic Safety Council (task committee), Building Code Committee, International Masonry Institute (research county), Tau Beta Pi.
Married Dorothy Wright Judd, June 20, 1953. Children: Claire Elizabeth, Irene Louise, Peter Wright.