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Vernon Armand DeMars was born in San Francisco, California, in 1908. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1931. After jobs with the National Park Service and travel in the U.S. and Europe, DeMars worked from 1936- 1942 as district architect for the Farm Security Administration's regional office in San Francisco. In 1939, DeMars co-founded Telesis, a city and regional planning organizatio. He married Betty Bates in the same year, with whom he collaborated on several major projects throughout his career. In 1943 DeMars joined the National Housing Agency in Washington DC as Chief of Housing Standards. In 1951 DeMars established himself in Berkeley. He lectured at UC Berkeley in the Department of Architecture for two years before becoming Professor. He chaired the Department from 1959-1962 and eventually became Professor Emeritus upon his retirement in 1975. DeMars and architect Donald P. Reay established the firm DeMars & Reay in 1955, continued in 1966 as DeMars & Wells with John G. Wells. DeMars & Wells dissolved in 1977 and was followed by DeMars & Maletic. DeMars received a lifetime achievement award from the American Institute of Architects and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Environmental Design in 2003.

From the description of Vernon DeMars collection, 933-2001. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270880215

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