Alfred Junior. Geiffert

Background

Geiffert, Alfred Junior. was born on December 22, 1890 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Alfred Frederick and Emma Paulina (Boehme) Geiffert.

Education

Educated public schools, Jersey City, New Jersey, and extension courses Columbia University.

Career

Began as assistant to Ferruccio Vitale, 1908. Partner Vitale, Brinckerhoff & Geiffert, 1917-1923, Vitale & Geiffert, 1923-1934, Vitale & Geiffert-Gilmore Doctorate. Clarke, general practice landscape architecture, 1934-1939, Alfred Geiffert, Junior, since 1939. Director Architects Offices, Incorporated.

Consultant landscape architect to University of Illinois, Rutgers University, Board of Architect Consultants of the United States Treasury New Jersey College for Women, Rockefeller Center, Princeton University, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, et cetera

Member board design Chicago Century of Progress, 1933. Collaborator Board Design New York World’s Fair, 1939.

Made town plans of Scarsdale, New York, Pleasantville, New York, et cetera Architect for many parks, subdivisions and private estates.

Consultant in defense housing for Public buildings Administration.

Achievements

• Alfred Junior. Geiffert has been listed as a notable landscape architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member board design Chicago Century of Progress, 1933. Fellow American Society Landscape Architects (trustee. Member Municipal Art Society (past president

Member board directors), Architectural League of New York (vice president), Fine Arts Federation New York City (delegate), Artists for Victory (vice president), National Academy of Design.

Club: Century Association.

Connections

Married Anna Zeydel, July 14, 1912. Married second, Lu Duble, June 9, 1944. Children: Hugo Herman, Alfred 3d, Martha, Ruth, Franklyn.

Father:

Alfred Frederick Geiffert

Mother:

Emma Paulina (Boehme) Geiffert

Spouse:

Anna Zeydel

Spouse:

Lu Duble

child:

Franklyn Geiffert

child:

Martha Geiffert

child:

Ruth Geiffert

child:

Alfred 3d Geiffert

child:

Hugo Herman Geiffert