William Friend graduated from North Carolina State University in 1966 and after a tour of duty in the US Air Force as a Construction Engineer, received his license to practice architecture in 1972. He later started his private practice in Eastern North Carolina, which unfortunately was dissolved during the recession of 1981/1982. Starting in 1983 he was employed as Director of Production and then Technical Coordinator in firms in Raleigh, North Carolina. He concentrated throughout the remainder of his career on the technical side of the profession, primarily drawings production, specifications...