Wilmot G. Gilland ’55 *60

Bill, age 92, died Nov. 26, 2025, at his retirement home in Chapel Hill, N.C., near his son’s home.  

At Princeton, which he came to after Andover, he played freshman football, varsity soccer and lacrosse, and IAA hockey. He also served on the art board of the Tiger. He was a member of Tiger Inn and roomed with Barker, Dibbins, Porter, Shaughnessy, London, Kirkham, Wendt, Webster, and Swabey. 

Bill majored in architecture while at Princeton, graduated with high honors, and was Phi Beta Kappa. After six months studying in Stockholm with a noted architect, and two years in the Army as a field artillery instructor, he worked for six months as a guide at the American Pavillion in the Brussels World’s Fair. Then he returned to Princeton for an MFA degree in architecture.  

Bill’s career in architecture was varied and notable. He started in California, where he built and lived in a house, taught at Berkeley, and designed buildings there for the School of Veterinary Medicine and the chemistry department. He also designed a science library for the University of California, Davis. He was recruited by the University of Oregon, became head of the architecture department for six years and then for 10 years was dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts. After retirement he moved to Seattle, where he built a house, became a member of the Downtown Review Board, and continued to indulge in his love of sailing. He was a member and officer of major national architecture organizations. 

Bill is survived by his wife, Mary, and sons Wendell and Stephen.