Clifford Warthen Collier

Background

Collier, Clifford Warthen was born on August 16, 1927 in Vienna, Georgia, United States. Son of Clifford Warthen and Mary Ellen (Smith) Collier.

Education

Student, N. Georgia College Bachelor of Fine Arts, U. Georgia, 1949; Modern Language Association, U. Georgia, 1960.

Career

Assistant to traffic manager, Synthetic Nitrogen Corporation, New York City, 1950-1954; salesman, Frank A. Smith Landscape Company, Atlanta, 1955-1957; assistant traffic manager, L.B. Foster Company, Atlanta, 1955-1956; expert specialist, professor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1960-1994.

Achievements

• Clifford Warthen Collier has been listed as a notable Landscape architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president, president Suncrest Garden, Morgantown. Secretary, vice president, board directors Morgantown Civitan Club, 1965-1996. With United States Navy, 1946-1947.

Fellow American Society Landscape Architects (trustee, Extension Landscape Architect award, 1982). Member West Virginia Chapter Society Landscape Architects (charter member, vice president, president, secretary, Recognition awards 1976, 88), West Virginia Garden Club Inc. (board directors, recognition award 1972, life), Sigma LambdaAlpha, Epsilon Sigma Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: arts and crafts, gardening, swimming.

Connections

Married Martha Mann Thompson, December 15, 1950. Children: Ellen Claire, Clifford Cason.

Father:

Clifford Warthen Collier

Mother:

Mary Ellen (Smith) Collier

Spouse:

Martha Mann Thompson

child:

Ellen Claire Collier

child:

Clifford Cason Collier