Background
Field, Hermann Haviland was born on April 13, 1910 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Herbert Haviland and Nina (Eschwege) Field.
Field, Hermann Haviland was born on April 13, 1910 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Herbert Haviland and Nina (Eschwege) Field.
Bachelor cum laude, Harvard University, 1933; postgraduate, Harvard Graduate School Design, Cambridge, 1932-1934; diploma in architecture, Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute, Zurich, 1936.
Resident architect, Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, England, 1936-1938; field representative, Czech Refugee Trust Fund, Poland and England, 1939-1940; site planner, Tuttle, Seelye, Place & Raymond, New York City, 1941-1945; director research, Raymond & Rado, Architects, New York City, 1945-1947; director building plans, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1947-1949; victim of kidnapping in Cold War incident, secretly held in Polish prison cellar, Miedzeszyn, 1949-1954; preparation of prison novels, London, 1955; preparation of prison novels, Boston, 1956-1960; director planning office, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, 1961-1972; founder, director graduate program in urban, social and environmental policy, professor environmental planning, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1972-1978; professor emeritus political science, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, since 1978.
Chairman planning board Shirley, Massachusetts, 1984-1986, 89-93, vice-chairman, 1986-1989. Active Devens Enterprise Commission, since 1995, History District Commission, Shirley, 1973-1988, Conservation Commission, Shirley, 1970-1983, Cambridge, 1975-1981. Director Nashua River Watershed Association, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1981-1985, Coolidge Center Environmental Leadership, Cambridge, 1983-1989.
Delegate International Conference Sustainable Development, Ottawa, 1986. Vice-president, director Massachusetts Association Conservation Commission, Medford, 1976-1985. Fellow American Institute of Architects.
Member American Association University professors, American Institute Certified Planners (charter since 1978), Boston Society Architects (director 1968-1970, secretary 1970-1974), Boston Architectural Center, International Union Conservation Nature (planning commission since 1978), Sierra Club, Appalachian Mountain (Boston) Club.
Married Kate Margaret Thornycroft, June 14, 1940. Children: Hugh, Alan, Alison.