Background
Clapp, James Ford was born on November 18, 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Ford and Leonora (Fanshawe) Clapp.
Clapp, James Ford was born on November 18, 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Ford and Leonora (Fanshawe) Clapp.
AB cum laude, Harvard College, 1931; Master in Architecture, Harvard Graduate School Design, 1935.
Architect, Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch & Abbott, Boston, 1934-1953;
associate architect, Shepley, Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott, Boston, 1953-1960;
partner, Shepley, Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott, 1960-1972;
president, Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott Inc., Boston, 1972-1975;
principal, vice president, Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott Inc., 1975-1983;
consultant, Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott Inc., 1983-1988. Architectural consultant to Acadia U. Also to Keyes D. Metcalf for book Planning Academic and Research Library Buildings, 1965.
President Boston Archtl.Ctr., 1955-1956.
Member Cambridge History Commission, 1969-1990. Permanent secretary John WorthingtonAmes Scholarship, 1966-1990. Fellow American Institute of Architects, American Numismatic Society, Royal Numismatic Society.
Member Boston Society Architects (secretary 1957-1958, centennial chairman 1967), Massachusetts State Association Architects (vice president 1958-1959), Boston Numismatic Society (president 1949-1950, 63-64), New England Numismatic Association (president 1956-1957), American Numismatic Association (general chairman 1960,Numismatic Amb. award 1980).
Married Grace G. FitzGerald, June3, 1933 (deceased May 1988). Children: James Ford III, Susan Fanshawe, Deborah FitzGerald. Married Natalie Rieder Brisco, July 21, 1989.