Milford Wayne Donaldson
| Milford Wayne Donaldson, Jr. | |
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| Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation | |
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In office 2010 – Present |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | John L. Nau,III |
| California State Historic Preservation Officer | |
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In office 2004–2012 |
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| Governor |
Arnold Schwarzenegger Jerry Brown |
| Preceded by | Knox Mellon |
| Succeeded by | Carol Nawi-Roland |
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| Born |
Milford Wayne Donaldson Born August 13, 1943 Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC |
| Residence | Fair Oaks, California |
| Alma mater | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Scotland University of San Diego |
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Milford Wayne Donaldson (born August 13, 1943) is a preservation architect. He presently serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). Donaldson was originally appointed to the position in 2010, and President Barack Obama reappointed him in August 2013 for another four-year term. Formerly the State Historic Preservation Officer of California, Donaldson has been practicing preservation architecture as a profession for more than 40 years.
Donaldson was born in August 13, 1943 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune to Milford "Don" Donaldson, a U.S. Navy corpsman and Jean Donaldson, a Navy nurse. Immediately after his birth Donaldson's parents were ordered to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The Donaldsons lived in a Quonset hut on base for three years before moving to Oceanside, California, in San Diego County, where Wayne grew up with his younger brother, Robert "Bob" Calvin Donaldson. During his early life Donaldson, a Boy Scout in Troop 739, San Diego-Imperial Council, Oceanside, eventually to become an Eagle Scout. By the middle of the 20th century Milford Wayne Donaldson knew he would be an architect.
After high school, Donaldson earned his Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, in 1967; a Master of Science in Architecture from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, and a Master of Arts in Public History and Teaching from the University of San Diego. From 1966 to 1968, he attended undergraduate studies at Uppsala University in Sweden. In 2007, Donaldson received an honorary Master of Architecture from the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego, which in 1980, he founded with Dick Welsh.
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