Background
Lyman, William Welles was born on August 31, 1916 in New London, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Welles and Gladys Estelle (Latimer) Lyman.
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William Welles Lyman
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Bachelor of Architecture, University of Michigan, 1939; Master in Architecture, Harvard University, 1940.
Career
Architect, various organizations, Boston, 1941-1942; private practice, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1947-1953; chief designer, Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, Detroit, 1953-1956; architect, Swanson Associations, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1956-1959; architect, Smith & Smith Associations, Royal Oak, Michigan, 1959-1962; architect, Jickling Lyman & Powell Associations, Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, 1962-1981; retired, Jickling Lyman & Powell Associations, Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, 1981. Member of faculty Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1947-1953. Lecturer on early American furniture, since 1975.
Membership
President Cambridge Council PTAs, 1950-1952, Harlan School Parent-Teachers Association, 1960-1961. Treas.Mass. Council for Better Schools, 1950-1952. Chairman Citizens Elementary Curriculum Study Birmingham Public Schools, 1962-1963.
Board directors South Oakland Symphony Society, 1960-1963, Birmingham Teen. Center, 1965-1967, Birmingham Community House, 1967-1970, Professional Skills Alliance, Detroit, 1973-1975, Birmingham History Board, 1969-1973, chairman, 1972-1973. Chairman Birmingham History District Study Committee, 1975-1977, Community Development Superior vena cava syndrome, Portsmouth, N.H., 1993-1996.
President Birmingham History Society, 1980-1981, board directors 1967-1970. Chairman acquisitions committee John W. Hunter House, 1974-1982. Board of Governors Warner House Association, Portsmouth, N.H., 1983-1991, chairman, 1986-1988.
United States Coast Guard, 1942-1946. Fellow American Institute of Architects. Member Michigan Society Architects (president 1970).
Connections
Married Margaret Helen Whittemore, July 12, 1941 (divorced September 1970). Children: Cheryl, Steven, Philip, Susan, Donna, Patricia. Married Joan Evelyn Dalrymple, September 26,1970.
