William Marshall Jr.

In 1943 he enrolled in the Virginia Military Institute to study engineering, but left in 1944 to enlist in the United States Army.

In 1950 he returned to Norfolk, where he joined the office of Lublin, McGaughy & Associates, architects and engineers, and in 1955 he became a partner.

[6] In addition to conventional architectural and engineering practice, the firm was responsible for master plans for new towns and cities in Africa and Asia.

MMM Design Group survived his retirement by thirty years, but faltered during the Great Recession and ultimately closed in 2014.

[7] Marshall joined the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1958 as a member of the Virginia chapter.