Background
Parsons, Kermit Carlyle was born on July 15, 1927 in Cleveland. Son of Kermit Carlyle and Emma (Siebert) Parsons.
university dean urban planning educator
Parsons, Kermit Carlyle was born on July 15, 1927 in Cleveland. Son of Kermit Carlyle and Emma (Siebert) Parsons.
B. Architecture, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1951; M.R.P., Cornell Univercity, 1953.
Head community planning section, Cleveland City Planning Commission, 1953-1957;
member of faculty, Cornell Univercity, since 1957;
department chairman city and regional planning, Cornell Univercity, 1964-1971;
professor, Cornell Univercity, since 1965;
dean College Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell Univercity, 1971-1980;
dean emeritus, Cornell Univercity, since 1980;
director, Cornell in Washington, 1985-1988. Graduate faculty real estate representative Cornell Univercity, 1988-1993. Visiting professor U. P.R., 1969-1970.
Associate consultant William Gould & Associates, 1970-1972. Consultant Ford Foundation, 1970-1976, Philippine Ministry Edition and Culture, 1979-1980, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), 1980-1984, Agency for International Development, 1984-1985. Consultant coll and university, development planning, also city planning consultant.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946. Member American Institute of Architects, Society College and University Planning (president 1968-1969), American Planning Association (president New York upstate chapter 1966-1968), American Institute Certified Planners, Society Architectural Historians., Urban Land Institute, Society City and Regional Planning History (keynote speaker biannual national conference 1989).
Married Janice Ingram Patten, June 30, 1951. Children: John Everett, Stephen Carl, Katherine Ingram.