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Male, born 1919-01-07, died 1985-08-18
Professor of Civil Engineering and Urban Planning at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, c. 1960-1980; Horwood was a pioneering figure in the application of computers to urban planning. According to his pupil (UW Class of 1960) and later colleague, Kenneth Dueker, "Horwood’s application of computers to urban planning began in 1960 when he used the first computers at the UW to map land use activity around interstate intersections. This was a Bureau of Public Roads grant to study pressures on zoning at six freeway intersections across the nation. This was followed in 1961 with a Community Renewal Plan (CRP) project in the City of Spokane, and a NSF-sponsored software development project at the University of Washington. The CRP created a need for analysis and mapping of 1960 Census of Population and Housing data, and the creation of a parcel-level database." (See Kenneth J. Dueker, "Edgar M. Horwood,"
Horwood wrote or co-wrote approximately 30 books and reports, a number of which dealt with urban transportation topics.
Horwood's photographic materials (in slide form) were donated to the College of Built Environments, Visual Resources Collection. His collection of professional papers, 1930-1985, was deposited in the Manuscripts Collection, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division.
He attended or taught at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, c. 1942-1943; he studied civil engineering at Georgia Tech. Master's of Urban Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1951; Ph.D., Urban Analysis, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Born in Montreal, QC, Horwood entered the US on 06/02/1942 at Rouses Point, NY, and made his way to Atlanta, GA, to attend Georgia Tech in 1942. He filed an intention for US citizenship on 03/25/1943 in Atlanta, and was naturalized a US citizen on 06/09/1948 in Seattle. He had landed a job as an instructor at the University of Washington (UW) by 1946; on 03/24/1946, Horwood crossed the Canadian-US Border at Blaine, WA, and reported being a single man living at 7330 15th Avenue NE. In 1948, the Horwoods continued to live at 7330 15th Avenue NE, in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle, nearby to the university. Between 1951-1982, at least, they resided in Seattle's View Ridge neighborhood at 7013 56th Avenue NE. Following Edgar's death in 1985 at age 66, Rosemary lived at 601 Belmont Avenue East between 1995-2002, approximately.
On 08/02/1946, Horwood married Rosemary Trueblood Gish (born 10/31/1918 in Newton, MA), who earned a B.Arch., at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle, in 1943. With Rosemary, Edgar co-wrote several planning studies with Rosemary, including "A Report on Governmental Alternatives for the Three Points-Medina Area : Evergreen Point, Hunt's Point, Medina, Yarrow Point" (1954), "A Report on the East Wenatchee Area Planning Study, 1954 [to the] Douglas County Board of County Commissioners," (1954), and the "Bridgeport Area Survey," (1955, for the Douglas County Planning Commission and the Bridgeport School District No. 75). She worked as an urban planner in 1951 for the King County Planning Commission. Rosemary's papers dating between 1940-1981 were deposited in the Manuscripts Collection, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division.
In 1948, he and Rosemary had had one child, Edith, born on 08/16/1947 in Seattle.
In 1943, at age 24, Horwood stood 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 160 pounds. He had a medium complexion, brown eyes and black hair. SSN: 257-22-4600.
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