Background
Collins, Lester Albertson was born on April 19, 1914 in Moorestown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Lester and Anne (Albertson) Collins.
Collins, Lester Albertson was born on April 19, 1914 in Moorestown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Lester and Anne (Albertson) Collins.
Graduate, Choate School, 1933; student, Princeton, 1933-1935; Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1938; postgraduate outdoor design, India, Japan, China, 1939-1940; M.L.A., Harvard, 1942; postgraduate outdoor design, Scandanavia, Finland, The Netherlands, England, 1969.
Chairman department landscape architecture, Harvard, 1950-1953; principal, Collins, Simonds and Simonds, Washington, 1955-1970; principal, Lester Collins Associates, 1971-1993.
President Innisfree Foundation Board directors, Hubbard Endl. Trust. Served with American Field Service, 1942-1945. Fellow American Society Landscape Architects.
Clubs: Cosmos (Washington). Century Association (New York City).
Married Petronella leRoux, July 8, 1947. Children: Abigail Anne (deceased), Lester Adrian, (deceased) Oliver Michael.