Background
Bracken, John Robert was born on August 25, 1891 in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edward Speare and Margaret Jane (Caughey) Bracken.
Bracken, John Robert was born on August 25, 1891 in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edward Speare and Margaret Jane (Caughey) Bracken.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1914; BLD, University of Michigan, 1933; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1945.
Designer, field supervisor, Paul & Ford, Landscape Architects, Philadelphia, 1916-1920; landscape architect, city planner, Thomas W. Sears, 1920-1924; assistant professor landscape architecture, Pennsylvania State University, 1924-1926; professor landscape architecture, head department, Pennsylvania State University, 1926-1957; professor emeritus, Pennsylvania State University, from 1957. Visiting professor University of Wisconsin, 1957-1962. Consultant in field; landscape consultant government, state, private projects.
Member State College (Pennsylvania) Shade Commission, 1927-1929. With United States Army, 1918. Fellow American Society Landscape Architects.
Member American Association of University Professors, Masons, Alpha Zeta, Phi Epsilon Phi, Pi Alpha Xi, Pi Gamma Alpha.
Married Margaret Waldie Baird, July 25, 1917.