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Birth:          7 Jul 1917 Sand Spring, Okla.
Death:          17 Jun 1974 San Francisco, Cal.
Cause of Death: heart attack
Burial:         19 Jun 1974 

Notes
1981 book:
	Tallie served with the United States Navy from 1943 until 1946.
	Tallie earned his M.B. degree at Oklahoma State University, and his M.F.A. 
in architecture at Princeton University in 1948, where he was a Lowell Palmer Fellow. 
Tallie earned a diploma as a fellow of the American Academy in Rome from the 
Universitair Italiana in 1948. He was a Fulbright grantee to Europe in 1951.
	Tallie was associated from 1947 through 1955 with the architectural firm of 
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., Oak Ridge, Tenn., 
Tokyo, Japan, and San Francisco, Cal., successively. During 1950, Tallie was a 
member of the Planning Commission of Oak Ridge, Tenn. From 1955 until his death in 
1974, Tallie was president of Tallie Maule Architect/Planner in San Francisco, Cal.
	Tallie was chief architect of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit 
System (BART) from 1966 through 1973. He was a consulting architect to the 
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and the Sao Paolo, Brazil, Metro. Tallie 
was a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Greater San Francisco 
Chamber of Commerce.
	Among Tallie's important works are the Palo Alto, Cal., Office Center, the 
Embarcadero Transit Terminal in San Francisco, Cal., and the West Portal Transit 
Station in the same city.
Source: Who Was Who; San Francisco Examiner, June 19, 1974, p. 39; Quentin 
Maule (1E713436); Sara Maule (1E7134351)
ssn 447 07 4378 issued in Okla, says d Jun 1974 (but Calif Death Idx has correct 
date)
listed in American Architects Directory 3d ed 1970, Who's Who in the West, 14thed 
1974-75, Who Was Who in America Vol 6 1974-76
http://www.matttaylor.com/public/matt_history_2.htm
I had, by this time arranged to interview with Mr. Wright to apprentice at Taliesin and 
so Lloyd arranged for Aaron Green, his California representative, to be my mentor on 
the TV show. Aaron had to drop out at the last minute so I was introduced to Tallie 
Maule who was, at the time, the chief designer for Warneke and Warneke a very 
successful local firm that I had a great deal of respect for. Tallie agreed to do it, 
reluctantly, as a favor to Lloyd until he saw the drawings. His mouth literally hung 
open. I had prepared a large scale cross section of the Tower the 6 foot high drawing 
was impressive. Tallie loved the work and shifted into high gear. We had three days to 
get ready. He told me to finish the drawings and models and he would take care of the 
rest. I was to meet him at the studio a half hour before the show. I got there early, set 
up the models and drawings and... NO Tallie in sight! The director was going crazy 
when 3 minutes before air time - things were shot LIVE in these days - Tallie exploded 
into the room under a pile of books. Tallie was a big, expressive kind of guy - with 
more energy then ten needed - and I was entirely under his spell. We had no time to 
get organized. Tallie took charge and said I was to just answer his questions. The 
camera rolled and he opened the first book which showed a picture of a Roman Camp 
- “what is this?” he demanded. I told him. Book after book, picture after picture, for 20 
minutes. Tallie took us through the ENTIRE history of the city. Each diagram he asked 
me what it was, what central idea was employed and what were the strengths and 
weaknesses of the solution. Most of this stuff I had never seen before so I had to 
analyze and respond on the spot. I had a ball. With 10 minutes to go in our half-hour 
show, we finished with modern subdivisions - which I TORE apart and Tallie asked me 
“so... what is your answer to all this.” I had five minutes to explain it all - and I did. 
The energy was electric and the show was a great success. The phone started ringing 
as soon as we were done.

http://www.matttaylor.com/public/1956_2.htm
  
Tallie Maule was a breath of fresh air. We became friends. He was in the process of 
setting up his own office and I helped him with moving, painting and some simple 
drafting tasks when I had the time. His support, energy and teaching was important to 
me - a lifeline of sorts. Sadly, I was to lose his friendship, not too many years later, 
when I took work in construction [link]. He said “you have gone over to the enemy.” 
How could BUILDING be the enemy of ARCHITECTURE? 

apparently involved in architectural design for the Air Force Academy


Parents
MAULE Ernest Telemachus (1 Feb 1880 - 4 Jun 1948)
LANGENKAMP Julia Wilhelmenia (20 Dec 1884 - )

Siblings
MAULE Julia Wilhelmine (30 Mar 1906 - Jan 1975)
MAULE Ernest Theodore (3 Feb 1908 - )
MAULE Donald Richard (25 Sep 1910 - 22 Dec 1991)
MAULE Chester Roland (1 Mar 1912 - Apr 1979)
MAULE Tallie Burton (7 Jul 1917 - 17 Jun 1974)
MAULE Quentin Lovett (30 Aug 1919 - 16 Mar 2000)

Marriage To KOLACHNY Vivienne Daubek (8 Jun 1917 - 23 Nov 2013)
    m. 25 Dec 1942 Ponca City, Okla.

Notes

Parents
KOLACHNY James Vaslav ()
DAUBEK Anna ()

Children by KOLACHNY Vivienne Daubek 8 Jun 1917 - 23 Nov 2013
MAULE Sara Heath ()

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