Background
Collins, John Francis was born on July 12, 1936 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Finn and Florence Roscoe (Manning) Collins.
Collins, John Francis was born on July 12, 1936 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Finn and Florence Roscoe (Manning) Collins.
Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, 1959. Modern Language Association, Harvard University, 1961.
With Sasaki Walker Associates, Boston, 1961-1963. Principal own firm, Philadelphia, 1963-1971, Delta Group, since 1971. Professor, chairman department landscape architecture & horticulture Temple University, Philadelphia, 1988-1998, retired, 1998.
Visiting lecturer/critic Harvard University, Washington University, Louisiana State University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, University Michigan, Queens University Belfast, Iowa State University, Rutgers University, University Toronto, Auburn University, University Colorado, Morgan State University, Cornell University, University Virginia. Visiting professor School Architecture & Planning, New Delhi, India, 1977. Adjunct associate professor University Pennsylvania.
Also instructor in Drexel University and Cornell University Departments Architecture.
Member architectural advisory board, Camden, New Jersey. Past member Baltimore Design Advisory Panel, also design review boards of Salem, Massachusetts, Reading, Pennsylvania, and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Past member Council of Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
Founder Philadelphia Landscape and Nursery Training (PLANT) program Philadelphia Prison, PLANT Center City Landscape Maintenance program, Collins Nursery. Fellow American Society Landscape Architects. Member American Planning Association.
Married Sandra Elizabeth Snowdon, September 12, 1959. Children: Kathleen M., John R., Christopher S., Matthew M.