GEORGE BURDETT FORD

Ford, George Burdett, architect, of 101 Park Ave., New York City, was born, Clinton, Mass., June 24, 1879; s. Andrew E. and Ellen L. (Burdett) Ford; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B.; 1899; Mass. Inst. of Technology, S.B., 1900; M.S., 1901; Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris (Architecte diplome par le gouvernement francais), 1907; pi. N.Y., June 15, 1912, Harriet Chalmers Bliss. Mem. firm Geo. B. Post & Sons. Lecturer on City Planning, Columbia Univ.,1911-1914; also gen. lecturer. Spent four years in study and travel in Europe. Consultant to the committee on the City Plan of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New York. Sec. and dir. Investigations to Com. of B 'd of Estimate and Apportionment of City of N.Y. on Regulation of Height, Size and Arrangement of Bld'gs, 1913. U.S. Delegate to the 9th Internat. Housing Congress in Vienna, 1910; mem. Bld'g Code Advisory Com. to N.Y. B'd of Aldermen, 1913; Expert to City Plan Comm'ns of Newark, N.J., and of Jersey City, N.J. Mem. of Civic Center Advisory Cora. to Borough Pres. of Manhattan, 1913. Author: City Planning, and many articles and reports on city planning, architecture, housing. Mem. Am. Inst. of Architects (treas. and mem. exec. corn. of N.Y. Chapter), mem. Civic Improvement Com.; Nat. City Planning Conf., mem. Exec. Com. Merchants Ass'n of N.Y., mem. City Plan corm; trustee N.Y. Societe des Architects Diplomes; a founder Internat. Civic Bureau and its European Civic Tours; a founder Am. Social Center Ass'n; dir. Am. City Magazine; mem. Natl Housing Ass'n, Nat. Municipal League, Am. Civic Ass'n. Recreation: Walking. Clubs: Harvard„ MacDowell, Faculty (Columbia Univ.), Appalachian Mountain. WORCESTER

Biographical sketches from the book, Men of 1914

Submitted by Deborah Crowell