Background
Priestley, William Turk was born on March 3, 1907 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Turk and Annola (Beamon) Priestley.
Priestley, William Turk was born on March 3, 1907 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Turk and Annola (Beamon) Priestley.
Bachelor of Science, Princeton University, 1929; student, New York University School Architecture, 1930-1932; student, Bauhaus, Dessau, Berlin, Germany, 1932-1933; Master in Architecture, Columbia, 1935.
Graduate assistant Columbia School Architecture, 1934-1935. Teacher art Dalton School, New York City, 1935-1937. Instructor architecture Cooper Union, 1937-1940.
Assistant professor architecture Illinois Institute of Technology, 1940-1942. Professor architecture, chairman department Western Reserve University, 1960-1966. Member Rodgers & Priestley, New York City and Chicago, 1935-1942.
With firm Skidmore Owings Merrill, architects, Chicago, 1945-1952, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Associates (architects), Chicago, 1952-1960. Architectural adviser Western Reserve University, 1960-1966. With firm Bertrand, Goldberg & Associates, Chicago, 1967-1971.
Private practice of architecture Lake Forest, Illinois, 1971-1995. Former member Fine Art Advisory Committee Cleveland.
Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Fellow American Institute of Architects.
Married Christabel Wheeler, June 11, 1938. Children– William Turk, Seymour Wheeler.