William H. E. Schmalz
Inducted In
1974
W.H.E. Schmalz, a native of Kitchener, and son of a former mayor, graduated in architecture from the University of Toronto and is known as the Twin Cities’ dean of architects. He designed Kitchener’s city hall in 1919 as well as many other buildings in Ontario. He graduated from the Royal Military College (medallist), and served with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in 1916.
He served with distinction the Waterloo Historical Society, the Ontario Historical Society, the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation and the Waterloo County Hall of Fame.
He held office in, or was a long-time member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Kitchener Parks Board, the K-W Hospital Board, the Kiwanis Club for fifty-three, the Kitchener Musical society for fifty-nine, the Kitchener Young Men’s Club, the Kitchener Racing Canoe Club and the Lutheran Church locally and provincially.
He was well-known as a sportsman and as an ardent philatelist, and wrote a valuable and informative postal history of Waterloo County.