Ulysses was 28 when Durward Howes invited him to be a founding member of the Economic Round Table. He was born in Chicago in 1904 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1929 with a degree in education. Later he moved to Los Angeles. After various teaching jobs, he decided to switch careers.

He was 38 years old when he graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in architecture.

Despite this late start, Ulysses made a name for himself designing buildings at Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Northridge, Pasadena City College, Whittier College and the Naval Training School in San Diego. He also designed the headquarters in Los Angeles for Blue Cross. He and his wife Ruth lived on Coldwater Canyon Road in Beverly Hills and he be­came President of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce.

He earned many honors. He was the first Californian to be elected Chancellor of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. He won the Kemper Award, the AIA's highest recognition for services to the profession. He was also President of the Southern California Chapter of the AIA.

He was elected President of the Economic Round Table in 1948-49.

Ulysses was a consummate watercolor artist and when he and Ruth retired to Pauma Valley in 1972, he had a one-man show every year – and sold hundreds of paintings.

He died in 1982 at the age of 78.