Résumé

Ensign, US Navy, c. 1966.

Designer, Naramore, Bain, Brady and Johanson (NBBJ) Architects, Seattle, WA.

Partner, Loschky, Marquardt and Nesholm (LMN), Seattle, WA. LMN Architects had its Seattle main office at 801 2nd Avenue, Suite #501, in 1996.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA). President, AIA, Seattle, Chapter, 1990-1991. Co-Chair, AIA Seattle Centennial Commission, 1993-1994.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

Nesholm received the Seattle Award from the American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter in 2004.

The AIA presented its national AIA Architecture Firm Award to LMN Architects in 2016.

College

B.Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, 1965.

Relocation

Born in 1942 in Seattle, WA, architect John Frank Nesholm has lived and worked in and around Seattle, WA.

Parents

His father was J. Elmer Nesholm (1910-1986), who worked as an important executive with the United Parcel Service, founded in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood in 1907.

Spouse

He married Laurel Ann Hoffman (born c. 1943 in Bellingham, WA) on 06/12/1969 at the Fauntleroy Commmuniity Church. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Collection Title: Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmc331098, accessed 09/12/2017.)

Children

He and Laurel had two daughters Erika J. Nesholm and Kirsten Nesholm.

Biographical Notes

Nesholm took on many community service leadership roles. The Nesholm Family Foundation, established by J. Elmer Nesholm, has generously funded various community organizations in the Seattle area. John Nesholm has been instrumental in the distribution of this charitable funding. In 2017, this foundation had the following board members: John F. Nesholm, President, Joseph M. Gaffney, Vice President and Secretary, Edgar K. Marcuse, Treasurer, Carol Lewis, Erika J. Nesholm, Kirsten Nesholm, Laurel Nesholm. In recent years, it has focused funding to benefit middle school education in the Puget Sound region.

He has also been active with various civic groups, including the Seattle Parks Foundation, Seattle Opera, and HistoryLink.org. Nesholm has had particular importance for the city's musical scene. John and Laurel Nesholm have been devoted subscribers to the Seattle Opera, having not missed an opera staged by the company between 1969 and 2007. He served as Board of Directors Chairman for the Seattle Opera for 12 years, and his influence on the growth of the organization has been profound. David Brewster wrote in his online journal, Crosscut.com: "John Nesholm, a local architect and philanthropist who came on the board as president in 1993 and still serves as chair of the board, has been [former General Director Speight] Jenkins’s steadfast friend and a wise force for fiscal prudence. It's worth noting that John and Laurel Nesholm have become the dominant donors and shapers of Seattle’s musical culture, with Mrs. Nesholm playing a key role in the transformation of the Seattle Symphony under its new conductor, Ludovic Morlot." (See David Brewster, Crosscut.com, "An unexpected choice to head Seattle Opera," published 06/24/2013, accessed 09/20/2017.)

• Seattle, WA (Architect's Birth)
  Seattle, WA

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