Marshall, Professor Arthur Harold Biography 1991

MARSHALL, Professor (Arthur) Harold
Acoustical Designer; Professor of Architecture, University of Auckland; Head, Acoustics Research Centre
Born Auckland, 15 September 1931, son of Arthur Cecil Marshall and Flossie May (née Woodward); married Shirley Anne Lindsey, daughter of George and Gladys Lindsey, 1956; four sons
Educated: Gladstone School, Mount Albert; Kowhai  Intermediate; King’s College; Auckland University, Bachelor of Architecture 1956, Bachelor of Science 1956; Akademiie der Bildenden Kunste, Munich 1957-58; University of Southampton, Doctor of Philosophy 1967; Fellow, Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst 1957, 1977, Fellow, New Zealand Institute of Architects 1973,  Fellow, Royal Australian Institute of Architects 1972, Fellow, Acoustical Society, America 1980, Sir George Fowlds Memorial Prize 1956, Travelling Scholarship in Architecture 1957.
Staff Architect, Pye TV Transmission Services, London (Television buildings designed, built, Damascus, Bangkok), 1956-57; practice in New Zealand 1959-60; Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Auckland University, 1961; University of Western Australia: Senior Lecturer Building Science 1967, Associate Professor 1970, Dean, Acting Head, School of Architecture 1971; Research, discovery of importance of lateral reflections in concert halls, 1967-72; Professor of Architecture, Auckland University (new labs established, including New Zealand’s primary acoustics testing laboratories), 1973-; Director, Acoustics Institute,1980-; Marshall Day Associates founded 1980; Personal Chair in Architecture, Head of Acoustics Research Centre, 1987-;  Founding President, New Zealand Acoustical Society, 1974-78
Chorister Soloist, Auckland Bach Cantata Society; Member, Administrative Committee, Methodists Church of Aotearoa-New Zealand, Mount Albert.
Acoustical designs for: Christ’s College Memorial Hall 1963-64, Christchurch Town Hall 1967-72, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 1976-83, Baycourt Tauranga, Napier War Memorial Theatre, Auckland University Music School, Victoria University Music School, 63 smaller auditoria, churches, New Zealand, Christchurch Grammar School chapel, Perth Concert Hall Pusat Islam, Kuala Lumpur, Orange County Centre for Performing Arts, Costa Mesa, California 1986, Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Grand Theatre 1989
Recreations: sailing, watercolour painting, poetry, bee keeping, gardening, singing, light opera
Address: 2 Springleigh Avenue, Mount Albert, Auckland