Background
Merrill, John Ogden was born on August 10, 1896 in Saint Paul. Son of Henry Alexander and Mabel Elizabeth (Baldwin) Merrill.
Merrill, John Ogden was born on August 10, 1896 in Saint Paul. Son of Henry Alexander and Mabel Elizabeth (Baldwin) Merrill.
Student of University Wisconsin, 1914-1916. B. Architecture, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1921.
Chief architect Mid-West states Federal Housing Administration, 1939. Partner Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, architects-engineers, New York City, Chicago and San Francisco, 1939-1958, partner (retired) from 1958. Charge design and construction City Oak Ridge, 1943-1949, post-war master plan for Oak Ridge, 1948, development permanent facilities for United States Army and Air Force, Okinawa, 1950-1954, Fort Hamilton Veterans Administration Hospital., Brooklyn, 1946.
Director revision Chicago Building Code, 1947-1949.
Served as captain C.A.C., United States Army, 1917-1919. (Fellow) The American Institute of Architects.
Married Ross MacKenzie, June 1, 1918. Married second, Viola Berg, April. Children: Elizabeth Ross (Mistress John H. C. Reid), John Ogden, Jean MacKenzie (Mistress William South. Norton).