Background
Boer, Saco Rienk De was born on September 7, 1883 in The Netherlands. Son of Rienk Kornelis and Asselina (Rinsma) De Boer.
city planner Landscape architect
Boer, Saco Rienk De was born on September 7, 1883 in The Netherlands. Son of Rienk Kornelis and Asselina (Rinsma) De Boer.
Student Engineering Institute, The Netherlands, 1900-1903. Special studies in Germany, 1903-1905, and in England, 1922.
Came to the United States, 1908, naturalized, 1914. Engaged in engineering, Colorado, 1909-1910. Landscape architect for numerous instns., private estates, subdivs. and schools landscape architect and city planning consultant, Denver, since 1910.
City planning consultant, Boulder, Colorado, 1928-1974. City planning for Greeley, Colorado, Johnstown, Colorado, Grand Junction, Colorado, Albuquerque, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1927-1934, Englewood, Colorado, Sidney, Nebraska, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Studies for Douglas and Arapahoe counties, Colorado.
Regional plan, Grand Junction, 1928, Denver, 1930. Consultant, planner State of Wyoming, 1927-1934. Boulder City near Hoover Dam, United States Bureau Reclamation, 1930-1931.
Consultant planner for Department Agriculture, 1928-1932. National Park Service, 1933. Consultant (Wyoming) Mountain Park System.
State planner National Resources Board, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah, since 1934. Studies for Ogden, Utah, Provo, Utah, Salt Lake City, 1942-1943. City plans for Aurora, Golden, Boulder, Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills Village (Colorado), Moscow, Idaho.
Park system, Colorado Springs, Colorado. City plans Brainerd, Minnesota, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Grand Island, Nebraska, Trinidad, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, Glendive, Montana, Bozeman, Montana. Military posts at Fort Bliss, Texas, White Sands Proving Grounds and Holliman Air Base, New Mexico Park and Recreation Plan for Fort Collins, Colorado.
Central Business District Plan Fort Collins. City plans Carriczo, New Mexico, Arvada, Colorado, Kimball, Nebraska. Landscape plan Interstate Highway 70 (Colorado).
Fellow American Society Landscape Architects. Member Colorado State Planning Board, Colorado Society Engineers (life), American Institute Planners (president Colorado), American International Assurance (honorary), American Society Planning Officials (honorary), American Institute City Planning, Netherlands Institute for City Planning and housing. Clubs: Rotary (Denver).
Married Anna Sophie Elizabeth Koster, February 24, 1910. Children: Elizabeth Thelma, Richard James.