Biographical Timeline
1877 September 3 Born, Newburgh, New York
1896-1900 Attends Columbia University, School of Architecture
1900-1902 Attends Harvard University- S.B. in Landscape Architecture
1904 Studied under Mahonri Young, Allen Tucker, and Gifford Beal in independent practice
1910 Founds Hubbard, Lay and Wheelwright with Henry V. Hubbard and Robert Wheelwright
1910-1921 Serves an editor and manager of Landscape Architecture magazine
1913-14 Employed by City of New York, Department of Parks
1924 Designs initial plans for grounds at National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C.
1917-1919 Works as planner for U.S. Housing Corporation (World War I)
Plans for improvements of Albany, New York
Designs Marine Park, Brooklyn
1934 Receives Oberlaender Trust grant to study public recreation in Germanic countries
1936 Wins silver medal for plans for Marine Park at the 11th Olympiad in (Berlin)
1937 Founds Housatonic Valley Conference
1939 Consults on landscape of the New York World's Fair
1941-1945 Consults on naval air and service stations (World War II)
1956 February 15 Dies
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