Background
II, Charles William Eliot, was born on November 5, 1899 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Atkins and Frances Stone (Hopkinson) E.
planning consultant Landscape architect
II, Charles William Eliot, was born on November 5, 1899 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Atkins and Frances Stone (Hopkinson) E.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1920. Master of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, 1923.
Sheldon traveling fellow, Harvard University, Europe, 1923-1924;
private practice landscape architect and planning consultant, Boston, 1924-1926;
city planner, director planning, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Washington, 1926-1933;
Executive officer, National Planning Board, Washington, 1933-1934;
Executive officer, National Resources Board, Washington, 1934-1935;
Executive officer, National Resources Committee, Washington, 1935-1939;
director, National Resources Planning Board, Washington, 1939-1943;
director, Haynes Foundation, Los Angeles, 1944-1945;
private practice planning consultant, Pasadena, California, 1946-1954;
private practice planning consultant, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1954-1993. Private practice landscape architect and consultant, Maryland. and Virginia, 1926-1933. Lecturer University of California, Pasadena, 1944, Institutions Community Development, University of California at Los Angeles, 1945, Stanford University, 1946, University of Pennsylvania, 1951, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951, 65-68, University of Michigan, 1954, numerous other schools.
Professor landscape architecture Graduate School Design Harvard University, 1955-1959, professor city and regional planning, 1959-1966.
Secretary Massachusetts Trustees of Public Reservations, 1924-1926. Organizer, secretary Massachusetts Governors Committee on Open Spaces, 1924-1926. Chairman Los Angeles County Citizens Committee Parks, Beaches and Recreation, 1945.
Member Los Angeles Democratic Committee, 1948. Consultant, director resources program Ford Foundation, 1952-1953. Petitioner Bay Circuit and History District Acts, 1956-1965.
Chairman comprehensive plan committee. Member Boston Metropolitan Area Planning Council, 1964-1993, Back Bay History District Study Committee, 1965-1966, Cambridge History Committee, 1967-1993, Cambridge Bicentennial Corporation, 1974-1977, Massachusetts Conservation Council, 1975, California Revision of Planning Laws, numerous other committees and councils Served American Red Cross Ambulance Service, 1918, Italy. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society Landscape Architects (Medal 1982).
Member American Institute Planners (board governors 1929-1932, 42-45, Distinguished Service award 1961, 67), Boston Society Landscape Architects (president 1957-1960), American Society Planning Officials (board directors 1934-1936, Distinguished Service medal 1972), Massachusetts Association Olmsted Parks (Award 1985), National Association Olmsted Parks, Massachusetts Federation Planning Boards (Honorary Member award 1980), Nature Conservancy, Society Preservation of New England Antiquities, Ipswich History Society (president 1976-1978, Longfellow medal 1989), Cambridge History Society, Society Propagation of Gospel Amoung Indians and Others, National Parks and Conservation Association (board directors 1929-1933), Sierra Club, Wildnerness Society, Bunker Hill Monument Society (emeritus, president 1959-1971), Massachusetts Trustees Reservations (life, secretary 1925-1926, standing committee 1926-1929, 57-64, advisory council 1964-1993, Conservation award 1969), American Unitarian Universalist Association, numerous other associations and organizations Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Regina Phelps Dodge, October 11, 1928 (deceased January 12, 1979). Children: Charles W. III, Carolyn Eliot Hitchcock, John, Lawrence Gray.