Background
Merrill, Vincent Nichols was born on April 28, 1912 in Reading, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Clarkson and Bessie Louise (Nichols) Merrill.
Merrill, Vincent Nichols was born on April 28, 1912 in Reading, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Clarkson and Bessie Louise (Nichols) Merrill.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1933; Master in Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, 1937.
Office assistant, Shurcliff & Shurcliff, Boston, 1937-1942, 47-54; partner, Shurcliff & Shurcliff, Boston, 1954-1958; partner, Shurcliff & Merrill and predecessors Shurcliff, Shurcliff & Merrill, Boston, Massachusetts, 1958-1981; principal, Shurcliff & Merrill, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1989.
Founder, board directors, president Charles River Watershed Association, Auburndale, Massachusetts, 1963-1975. Board directors Charles Basin Advisory Committee, Boston, 1979-1982. President Hubbard Educational Trust, Cambridge, 1981-1989, board directors, 1989-1995.
Captain United States Army, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Society Landscape Architects. Member Boston Society Landscape Architects (president 1961-1963), Horticultural Club of Boston (honorary member, president 1992-1994).
Married Anna Victoria Swanson, January 20, 1943 (deceased February 1996). Married Natalie Ames Prentice, August 16, 1997 (deceased January 2003).