Résumé

Principal, Thomas D. Church, Landscape Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1931- ;

Thomas Church had many wealthy clients in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere. According to Prof. David Streatfield, Church, rather than bill these wealthy clients for a fee, would sometimes ask to be paid in common or preferred stock owned by them. (Conversation with Prof. David Streatfield, University of Washington, 09/28/2017.)

Teaching

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1928-1930; Special Lecturer, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1930;

Professional Activities

Church traveled with San Francisco architect William W. Wurster (1895-1973) to Europe, primarily Scandinavia in 1937.

Professional Awards

Fine Arts Medal, American Institute of Architects (AIA), for Landscape Architecture, 1951.

College

A.B., University of California, Berkeley, 1922; M.A., Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1926;

College Awards

Sheldon Traveling Scholarship, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1926; the prestigious Sheldon Traveling Scholarship enabled Church to spend six months at the American Academy in Rome, Italy, and also to travel throughout Europe.

Relocation

Born in Massachusetts, Church came out to San Francisco, CA, in the 1920s; he died here at the age of 76.

Married.

SSN: 550-40-2725;