Background
Simonds, John Ormsbee was born on March 11, 1913 in Jamestown, North Dakota, United States. Son of Guy Wallace and Marguerite Lois (Ormsbee) Simonds.
Simonds, John Ormsbee was born on March 11, 1913 in Jamestown, North Dakota, United States. Son of Guy Wallace and Marguerite Lois (Ormsbee) Simonds.
Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1935. Doctor of Science honorary, Michigan State University. MLandscape Architecture (Eugene Dodd medal), Harvard University, 1939.
Landscape architect Michigan Department Parks, 1935-1936. Partner Simonds and Simonds, Pittsburgh, 1939-1970, Collins, Simonds and Simonds, Washington, 1952-1970, The Environmental Planning and Design Partnership, Pittsburgh, also Miami Lakes, 1970-1982, emeritus, from 1983. Consultant Department Parks, Collier County, Florida, 1986-1990, Land and Nature Trust, Lexington, Kentucky, 1987-1992, Southwest Florida Water Management District, 1987-1989.
Lecturer, visiting critic urban and regional planning Carnegie-Mellon University, 1955-1967. Visiting critic Graduate School Planning, also School Architecture, Yale, 1961-1962. Consultant Chicago Center Area Committee, 1962, Allegheny County Department Regional Parks, 1961-1974.
United States consultant community planning Inter-American Housing and Planning Center, Bogota, Colombia, 1960-1961. Member jury American Academy Rome, 1963, 65, 66, 69. Member jury projected pilgrim's reception Cultural Center, Mecca, 1995.
Member National Advisory Committee on Highway Beautification. Chairman panel on parks and open space White House Conference on Natural Beauty. Member Interprofl. Commission on Environmental Design.
Member and report editor urban highway advisory board United States Bureau Public Rds., 1965-1968. Member landscape architecture advisory panel United States C.E., 1968-1971, President's Task Force on Resources and Environmental, 1968-1970. Member design advisory panel Operation Breakthrough, Housing and Urban Development, 1970-1971.
Member Mid-Atlantic regional advisory board National Park Service, 1976-1978. Associate trustee University Pennsylvania, 1962-1966, member board fine arts, 1962-1966. Chairman joint committee planning Carnegie-Mellon University and University Pittsburgh, 1959-1960.
Overseer's visiting committee Harvard Graduate School Design, 1962-1968, executive council alumni association, 1960-1963. Advisory committee School Design, North Carolina State University, 1965-1967. Member Florida Governor's Task Force on Natural Resources, 1979-1980, Chicago Botanical Garden 25th Anniversary, 1991, keynote address, 1991, International Federation Landscape Architects, Seoul, Korea, 1992.
Speaker keynote address International Congress Urban Green, Geneva, 1986.
(Full book title: Earthscape - A Manual of Environmental P...)
Board directors Hubbard Educational Trust, since 1974. Fellow American Society Landscape Architects (member executive committee 1959-1967, president 1963-1965, president Foundation 1966-1968, recipient medal 1973, Centennial President's medal 1999), Royal Society Arts (Great Britain). Member National Academy (United States), Architectural League New York, Royal Town Planning Institute (honorary correspondent), Landscape Architect Foundation, American Society Landscape Architects, American Horticultural Society (Landscape Design award 2004), American Institute of Architects (honorary associate Pennsylvania chapter), Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club.
Son of; married Marjorie C. Todd, May 1, 1943. Children: Taye Anne, John Todd, Polly Jean, Leslie Brook.