Résumé

Architect, James Stewart Polshek and Partners, New York, NY, 1979-2010.

Senior Designer, James Stewart Polshek and Partners, New York, NY, 1983.

Partner, Polshek Partnership Architects, New York, NY, 1998-2010.

Partner, Ennead Architect, LLP, New York, NY, 2010- .

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, New York, NY.

Member, Municipal Art Society, New York, NY.

Member, Architectural League of New York, New York, NY.

Commissioner, City of New York, Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York, NY, 1996-2007.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

Recipient, American Academy in Rome, Founders Rome Prize Fellowship, Rome, Italy, 2003-2004.

College

Graduate, Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ, c. 1973.

B.Arch, Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Ithaca, NY, c. 1977.

M.Arch. Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Ithaca, NY, c. 1979.

Relocation

Richard Melville Olcott was raised in Princeton, NJ, where he attended the Princeton Day School.

The architect resided in Manhattan, NY, beginning in at least 1986.

Parents

Olcott's mother was Diana M. Morgan (born 11/25/1928 in Princeton, NJ-d. 11/18/2018 in Manchester, VT), who was raised in Princeton, NJ. Her parents were Ethel Josephine Palmer(born 10/19/1889 in Brooklyn, NY-d. 05/1980 in Brooklyn, NY) and Prof. Sherley Warner Morgan (born 04/04.1892 in Cincinnati, OH-d. 02/01/1979 in Princeton, NJ), director of the Princeton University School of Architecture.

Diana wed Alfred Van Santvoord Olcott, Jr., (born 02/02/1919 in ME-d. 01/17/1990 in Princeton, NJ), on 04/1951 in Princeton, NJ. In 1983, Alfred worked as a mutual fund broker for Investors Diversified Services of Princeton, NJ, and his parents had houses in Princeton, NJ, and Manchester, VT. Olcott's paternal grandfather was Alfred V.S. Olcott, Sr., of Riverdale, NY, who served as president of the Hudson River Day Line (a steamship line) in NY. (See New York Times.com, "Richard M. Olcott And Miss Simitch, Architects, Marry," published 07/17/1983, accessed 11/28/2024.)

Spouse

The architect wed Andrea Lee Simitch on 07/16/1983 in a Congregationalist ceremony in Manchester, VT. Simitich attended the American School in Lugano, Switzerland, and obtained a master's degrees in architecture at Cornell. At the time of her wedding, she worked as a visiting professor of architecture at Cornell, University. Her parents were Rhoda S. Simitich, who resided in Dallas, TX, and Alexander S. Simitich of Paris, France, in 1983. He worked as president and general manager of the chemical firm Rohm and Haas, France, SA, in 1983. (See New York Times.com, "Richard M. Olcott And Miss Simitch, Architects, Marry," published 07/17/1983, accessed 11/28/2024.)

Olcott then married Betsy Louise Ennis (born 01/24/1957) in 1993 in Manhattan, NY. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Manhattan, accessed 11/28/2024.)