Background
Rabon, William James was born on February 7, 1931 in Marion, South Carolina, United States. Son of William James and Beatrice (Baker) R.
Rabon, William James was born on February 7, 1931 in Marion, South Carolina, United States. Son of William James and Beatrice (Baker) R.
Graduate School scholar, 1956.
Registered architect, California, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia Designer architectural firms in New York City and Birmingham, Michigan, 1958-1961. Designer, associate John Carl Warnecke and Associations, San Francisco, 1961-1963, 64-66, Keyes, Lethbridge and Condon, Washington, 1966-1968. Principal architectural partner A.M. Kinney Associations and William J. Rabon, Cincinnati, 1968-1985.
Vice president, dir.archtl. design A.M. Kinney, Inc., Cincinnati, 1977-1985. Vice-president, director programming services Design Art Corporation, 1977-1985. Senior architect. John Portman & Associations, Atlanta, 1985-1988.
Director architectural design Robert and Company, Atlanta, 1988-1989. Studio director, design principal Carlson Associations, Atlanta, 1990-1993. Principal and director research and medical facilities programming and design Rosser International, 1993-1997, William J. Rabon, Architect, 1995.
Lecturer University of California, Berkeley, 1963-1965. Assistant professor architectural design Catholic U. American, 1967-1968. Principal works include Kaiser Technology Center, Pleasanton, California (Research Development Laboratory of Year award), 1970, Clermont National Bank, Milford, Ohio, 1971, Pavilion building Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati (Cincinnati American Institute of Architects design award), 1973, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer, Hydrospace, Inc., Rockville, Maryland.
(Potomac Valley American Institute of Architects design award), 1970, Mead Johnson Park, Evansville, Indiana (Research Development Laboratory of Year merit award), 1973, Hamilton County Vocational School, Cincinnati, 1972, headquarters laboratory Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, 1975, Arapahoe Chemical Company Research Center, Boulder, Colorado (Research Development Laboratory of Year award 1976, Concrete Reinforced Steel Institute National Design award, Regional American Institute of Architects Design award), 1976, corporation headquarters Ohio River Company, Cincinnati, 1977, Children's Hospital Therapy Center, Cincinnati (Cincinnati American Institute of Architects design award 1978, award of merit American Wood Council 1981), Veterans Administration Hospital. addition, Cincinnati (Cincinnati American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers Design award 1980), NALCO Chemical Company Research Center, Naperville, Illinois (Ohio andCin. American Institute of Architects design awards 1980, 81), 1980, Proctor & Gamble-Winton HillTunnel, Cincinnati (Ohio American Institute of Architects design award), 1978, Toyota Regional Center, Blue Ash, Ohio (Ohio American Institute of Architects and Ohio Masonry Council combined design award1981), U. Cincinnati Medical Center Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, 1981, planning consultant National Bureau Standards Laboratory, Republic of China, 1982, Children's Hosp Ambulatory Svc. Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1984, East and West fleet headquarters and Data Center Libraries of Royal Saudi Arabian Navy,1985, corporation headquarters The Drackett Company, Cincinnati, 1983, corporation headquarters Brown & Williamson, Louisville, 1984, Children's Hospital Medical Center AmbulatorySvcs.
Center, Cincinnati, 1984, Olin Corporation Research Center, Cheshire, Connecticut, 1985, Institute Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, 1989, 93, Citicorp Data Center, Napa, California, 1992, Animal Science Complex, Athens, Georgia, 1996, U. Ga.Veterinary School Biocontainment Research Center, Athens, 1997. First lieutenant Army of the United States, 1951-1953, Korea. Battalion S-2 and Company Comm.
Presidential Unit Citation.
Member American Institute of Architects, National Council Architectural Registration Bds.
Married Martha Ann Hibbitts, March 7, 1987.
