User:Robert M. Ford, III

Robert M. Ford, III was the son of Robert MacDonald Ford, Jr. and Nancy Elizabeth McFate. Born in Seattle on April 4, 1934, Ford was raised on Enetai Beach near Bremerton, and graduated from Seattle's Lincoln High School in 1952. Following three years with the U.S. Army, serving in Alaska, Ford attended Univ. of Washington on the G.I. Bill, majoring in Architecture. Ford graduated top of his class in 1962 then pursued his Master of Architecture degree at University of Illinois. Licensed in 1963 as an architect, Ford taught three years as Asst. Prof. at Illinois. Returning to the Northwest, Ford taught Architecture at Washington State Univ. in Pullman, WA where he rose to tenured Full Professor, practiced architecture, and served on the City Council. In 1975 Ford moved to Mississippi to help establish a new School of Architecture at Mississippi State University. Ford taught, practiced, and served as President of the Mississippi American Institute of Architects; was raised to Fellow in the American Institute of Architects; and retired as Professor Emeritus in 1997. Listed in Who's Who in the U.S. and Who's Who in the World, Ford returned to the Northwest in 2012, establishing his firm Architecture/Planning (Northwest) in Aberdeen, WA.

Ford had two daughters (Karen and Judith), a son (Robert MacDonald Ford, IV), and twin grandchildren Rebecca Ford and Alexander Scott Ford