Background
Sims, William Riley was born on December 17, 1938 in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Riley and Hallie Pauline (Mills) Sims.
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Sims, William Riley was born on December 17, 1938 in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Riley and Hallie Pauline (Mills) Sims.
Bachelor of Architecture, University New Mexico, 1963. Master of Architecture, Minecraft Coder Pack, University Pennsylvania, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973.
Planner, urban designer, Philadelphia City Planning Commission, 1964; planner, urban designer, Wallace McHarg Associations, Philadelphia, 1965; lecturer deputy city and regional planning, University of California, Berkeley, 1966-1968; assistant professor department urban planning, U. Washington, Seattle, 1970-1973; associate professor department city and regional planning, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1973-1980; professor, department chairman design and environmental analysis, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1980-1997; co-director International Facility Management program, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1989-1993; co-director international workplace studies program, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1993. Consultant Columbus, Ohio, 1978-1980. Principal Orbit-II Study, Ithaca, since 1984, Becker-Sims Associations (formerly Facility Research Associations), Ithaca, since 1984.
Trustee Columbus Landmarks Foundation, 1978-1980, International Facility Management Association Foundation, since 1997. Member buildings and properties committee Cornell University Trustees, Human Ecology Alumni board directors Cornell University, since 2000. Member governing board Cornell Real Estate Program, since 1996.
Member advisory board Cornell Business and Technology Park, since 1986. Fellow International Facility Managers Association (board directors 1984-1987, certified and accreditation task forces since 1989). Member American Society for Testing and Materials (chairman assessing building performance 1988-1992), Environmental Design Research Association, Association for Study of Man and Environmental Relations (editorial board 1978-1986), American Association Housing Educators (editorial board 1978-1985).
Married Jean Lee Booth, June 17, 1962. 1 child, Hallie Jean.