Background
Hixon, Allen Wentworth was born on August 12, 1929 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Allen Wentworth and Olive Fletcher (Gates) Hixon.
land planner Landscape architect
Hixon, Allen Wentworth was born on August 12, 1929 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Allen Wentworth and Olive Fletcher (Gates) Hixon.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Massachusetts, 1952. Master cum laude in Landscape Architecture, University Massachusetts, 1956.
Designer, Yarwood & Block, 1955-1958;
private practice, Simsbury, Connecticut, 1958-1990;
principal, Allen Hixon Associations, Simsbury, since 1958. Pioneer in "open space planning" concepts and environmental conservation easements. Over 1,600 projects including Simsbury (Connecticut) Farms Recreation Complex, Sugar Mills Woods, Homassasa, Florida, Prudential ComputerComplex, New Jersey, Nabisco Global Headquarters, New Jersey, Stanadyne Headquarters, Windsor, Connecticut, 17 Simsbury Subdivsns.
Instructor landscape architecture, student fellow U. Massachusetts, 1954-1956.
Active Simsbury Planning Commission. Board directors Farmington Valley Art Center, Avon, Connecticut, Simsbury Art and Crafts Association, Longboat Key Center for the Arts. Judge major gardens New England Flower Show, Boston.
Member Blue Ribbon Gulf of Mexico Doctor Improvement Committee, Longboat Key, Florida, 1990, 91. Member site plan review committee City of Middletown, Connecticut. Board directors Longboat Key Center for the Arts.
Lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952-1954. Fellow American Society Landscape Architects (Merit award. Chairman ethics committee, vice chairman open committee on housing, executive committee Connecticut chapter, president 1968-1970, vice president and program chairman 1966, 67, nominating committee).
Member American Planning Association, American Horticultural Society, Worcester Horticultural Society, Hartford County Soil Conservation District, National Park and Recreation Association, National Association Home Builders, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Dorothy Beals, June 28, 1952. Children: Donna Jeannette, Allen Loring, David Newell.