Background
Rodgers, John Barney was born on September 8, 1905 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of John Gilmour and Agnes Platt (Barney) Rodgers.
Rodgers, John Barney was born on September 8, 1905 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of John Gilmour and Agnes Platt (Barney) Rodgers.
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1926. Master of Fine Arts in Architecture, Princeton University, 1928. Student of L. Mies Van Der Rohe, 1934.
With Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, San Francisco, 1946-1970, partner, 1948-1970. Private practice architecture New York City, 1935-1942, Chicago. Associate architect C.E., United States Army, 1942-1944.
Associate architect C.E. Navy Department, 1944-1945. Associate professor architecture Illinois Institute of Technology, 1938-1942.
Member San Francisco Art Commission, 1951-1953. Executive board Bay Area council Boy Scouts American, chairman camping committee, 1966-1968, properties and development committees, 1968-1975. Chairman architects committee Bay Area United Crusade, 1960-1963, 70.
Member American Institute of Architects (emeritus) Clubs: Pacific Union (San Francisco). Burlingame (California) Country, Inverness (California) Yacht.
Married Ruth Easton, March 18 1933. Children: Anne E. Rodgers Witherspoon, Elizabeth B. Rodgers McKee.