Parsons, William Edward, 1872-1939.

William Edward Parsons was born on June 19, 1872, in Akron, Ohio. He was educated at Norwich Free Academy and Yale University, attaining the degree of B.A. in 1895. After graduation, Parsons continued his studies at Columbia University, where he gained the degree of B.S. in 1898, and at the École des Beaux-Arts. Between 1901 and 1905, he left his job in New York, received a B.F.A. from Yale, and became consulting architect to the U.S. Government in the Philippines Islands. In 1914, he moved to Chicago, where he worked as an architect until 1938. Some of his important designs include the United States Botanical Gardens and the Federal Trade Commission building. In 1938-1939, he was an associate professor of architecture at Yale University. He was married on August 21, 1911, to Myra Louise Matthews, with whom he had two children. He died on December 17, 1939, in New Haven, Connecticut.

From the description of William E. and Myra L. Parsons papers, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169355

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