Background
Kiley, Daniel Urban was born on September 2, 1912 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis James and Louise (Baxter) Kiley.
urban planner Landscape architect
Kiley, Daniel Urban was born on September 2, 1912 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis James and Louise (Baxter) Kiley.
Student, Harvard Graduate School Design, 1936—1938. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Green Mountain College, 1993.
From apprentice to associate Warren Manning (landscape design and regional planning), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1932—1938. Planning technician Concord (New Hampshire) City Plan Board, 1938. Architect National Park Service, 1939, United States Housing Authority, 1940.
Associate Town Planning, Washington, 1940. Private practice as landscape architect, site planner, architect, 1940—2004. Lecturer, critic Baltimore Museum, 1949, Worcester (Massachusetts) Museum, 1950, Louisiana State University, 1950, Cornell University, 1957, Metropolitan Museum, 1959, North Carolina State College, 1958, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1960, Harvard University, 1962—1963, Clemson College, 1963, also universities Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania Syracuse, Virginia, Washington, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Yale University, University California Berkeley, University Utah, Salt Lake City, Harvard University, Architectural Association London, Dallas Institute Forum, Beijing, China, Nanking (Shanghai, Hangchow, also Osaka University Japan), Lawrence Technology University, Detroit, Royal Institute Architects, London.
Landscape architect in residence American Academy in Rome, 1975—1976, member jury, 1990. Graham Foundation lecturer, Chicago, 76. Member design review panel Redevelopment Land Agency, Washington.
Participant Symposium on Dan Kiley, 1980. Keynote speaker American Society Landscape Architects Florida chapter. Lecturer University Virginia, 1985, National Academy of Design, 1990, University Florida, 1991, symposium New York Botanical Garden, 1991.
Captain United States Army, World World War II.
Member BiState Planning Commission, Lake Champlain Basin Region, 1959-1963. Mem President's Advisory Council Planning Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, 1962-1965. Member Vermont Board Architects Registration, 1963.
Jury S.W. Redevelopment Area, Washington, Boston Redevelopment Authority, 1963, National Honor Awards, Urban Redevelopment Authority. Also Federal Housing Administration, Washington, 1964. Member technical review commission on state land use plan State of Vermont, 1975.
Design advisory group Cambridge (Massachusetts) Redevelopment Board, 1978. Served to captain Army of the United States, World World War World War II. Member National Academy of Design.
Married Anne Lothrop Sturges, June 11, 1942. Children: Kathleen, Kor, Christopher, Antonia, Timothy, Christina, Aaron Alcott, Caleb.