TIMELINE - HERB GREENE

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1929	Born: Oneonta, New York
1947	Syracuse University
1948 - 1952	Transfers to University of Oklahoma to study with Bruce Goff: Bachelor of Architecture. Begins painting
1952	Works briefly for John Lautner, Architect, Los Angeles, California
1950 - 1953	Works intermittently for Bruce Goff in Norman and Bartlesville, Oklahoma
1954	Wirtz, Calhoun, Tungate and Jackson, Houston, Texas
1954 - 1958	Associate with firm of Joseph Krakower, Houston, Texas Designed and Executed: Southern Bell Telephone Building, Houston, TX, 1954 Lurie residence, Houston, TX, 1955 Rainey residence, Houston, TX, 1955 Gulf Coast Finance Company Office, Houston, TX, 1955 Long Point Clinic, Houston, TX, 1955-1956 Follodor residence, Houston, TX, 1956 Houston Typewriter Exchange, Houston, TX, 1956 Salsman residence Houston, TX, 1956 Mendel residence, Houston, TX, 1958 Consulting architect for design: Baylor Medical College Research Building, Houston, TX, 1958
1955 - 1976	Marriage to Mary Morrison. Children Thomas (1958) and Lauren (1960)
1956 - 1960	Lyne residence, Snyder OK Joyce residence, Snyder, OK Burton's IGA Supermarket, Holdenville, OK Roosevelt Granite Company office, Snyder, OK Northwestern Electric Cooperative: office and warehouse, Woodward, OK
1957 - 1963	University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor Department of Architecture
1960 - 1961	Prairie House , Norman, OK
1961	Lyons residence and museum for an Indian Princess, Holdenville, OK
1962 - 1963	Cunningham residence, Oklahoma City, OK
1964 - 1982	Move to University of Kentucky, Professor, Department of Architecture. Pursued interest in regional architecture. Courses Taught: Design Studio, Materials and Design Theory, Vertical Studio, History of Architectural Ideas, Energy and Ecology in Architecture Problem Studio, The Armature: Community Art and Collage in Architecture
1964	Senior housing project, Paris, KY (consulting architect) Unitarian Church of Lexington, KY
1966	French residence, Versailles, KY
1968	Furchess residence, Murray, KY
1968	O'Neill residence, Lexington, KY
1969	Lovaas residence, Lexington, KY
1969 - 1970	Consulting architect for design/ C.A. Coleman, Jr. Architect: University of Kentucky: parking structure no. 1, 1969 University of Kentucky: Academic Facilities Building, Ashland Community College. Ashland KY, 1970 Community Park shelter, Lexington, KY, 1970
1971	Ward residence, Louisville, KY
1973 - 1974	Lexington Medical Center, Lexington, KY
1976	Publication of Mind and Image: An Essay on Art and Architecture
1977 - 1978	Cook residence, Glenview, KY
1977 - 2005	Marriage to Nanine Hilliard
1981 - 1983	Villa Blanca Farm, Lexington, KY
1981	Publication of Building to Last with Nanine Hilliard Greene
1982	Early retirement, move to Berkeley, California
1983	NEA Senior Fellowship Grant
2003	Publication of Painting the Mental Continuum: Perception and Meaning in the Making
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