College of Built Environments at the University of Washington.
In Memoriam: J. William (Bill) Curtis
Tuesday July 2008Jacob William (Bill) Curtis, an associate professor emeritus of architecture who taught design, theory and South Asian architecture at the UW for 25 years, died July 29, 2008 of lymphoma. Bill was born in Portland on May 21, 1926 and raised in Seattle. He served in the Army during WWII, and then attended the UW, where he earned a bachelor’s (BArch ’51) and later a master’s degree in south Asian languages and literature (Sanskrit). Bill and his wife, Patricia Emmons, shared an architecture practice, Curtis and Emmons Architects, for 26 years. Bill never retired from practicing architecture, and his creative work encompassed sculpture, drawing and writing. He was awarded Fulbright and American Institute of Indian Studies scholarships for two separate years of study in India.