[2] Following two years on active duty with the United States Naval Reserve during World War II, White received a B.S.
He attended École des Beaux-Arts (1954) and earned a Master of Fine Arts from Princeton University School of Architecture in 1955.
He then retired and lived in the commune of Roques in the French department of le Gers with his second wife, Camilla Crowe White,[4] until his death on December 26, 2009.
[6] In 1967, White and Willensky proposed a guide to New York City architecture to the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
[7][8] From 1968 to 1973, White worked as a partner-in-charge with Gruzen and Partners, on the development of the New York City Police Headquarters building.