Résumé

Landscape Architect, Farm Security Administration, Central Valley, CA, c. 1938.

Partner, Eckbo and [Edward] Williams, Landscape Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1940-1945.

Partner, Eckbo, [Robert] Royston and Williams, Landscape Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1945-1958.

Partner, Eckbo, [Francis] Dean and Williams, 1958-1964.

Partner, Eckbo, Dean, [Donald] Austin and Williams, (EDAW), Incorporated, Landscape Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1964-1979.

Partner, Garrett Eckbo and Associates, Landscape Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1979-1983.

Partner, Eckbo [Kenneth] Kay Associates, San Francisco, CA, 1983-1989.

Teaching

Professor, University of Southern California (USC), School of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, 1948-1956.

Professor and Chairman, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Department of Landscape Architecture, 1963-1969.

Professional Awards

Associate, National Academy of Design, New York, NY, 1964. (See "Associates: Architects," National Academy of Design 162nd Annual Exhibition, March 24-April 29, 1987, [New York: National Academy of Design, 1987], n.p.)

Archives

The Garrett Eckbo Collection, Collection #1990-1, is held in the Environmental Design Archives at the College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.

Graduated high school in 1929; coursework, Marin Junior College, (renamed the College of Marin in 1947), Kentfield, CA, c. 1932; B.S., Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1935; M.L.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1938.

Relocation

According to the US Census of 1920, Garrett Eckbo lived at 2054 San Jose Avenue in Alameda, CA; in 1930, Garrett worked as a bank messenger. Eckbo and his wife lived at 64 Panoramic Way, Berkeley, CA, before 1993.

Between 1987 and 1997, Eckbo lived at 1006 Cragmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94708-1412. (See "Associates: Architects," National Academy of Design 162nd Annual Exhibition, March 24-April 29, 1987, [New York: National Academy of Design, 1987], n.p.)

Between 1998-2002, Garrett and Arline Eckbo lived at 33 Linda Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94611-4815.

Parents

Garrett Eckbo's father, Axel George Eckbo, (born in Norway, 08/26/1875), worked as a clerk at Inland Steel in Chicago, IL, in 1930; (See Source Citation: Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1493511; Draft Board: 18. Source Information: Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.) Axel became a naturalized US citizen on 01/15/1930.(See Source Citation: Year: 1930; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_4872; Line: 1. Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.) his mother was Theodora Munn Eckbo (born c. 1879 in NY); his parents divorced after 1912. Once they split, his mother had custody of Garrett, and relocated to Alameda, CA. She married William Bell, who, according the US Census of 1920, was a "buyer and seller of secondhand goods." He was seven years Theodora's junior. (See Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Alameda, Alameda, California; Roll: T625_87; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 314. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.) His mother's household struggled financially, and young Garrett went off for a time to live with a well-off uncle, Eivind Eckbo, in Norway. In 1930, Theodora was living with Wallace G. Hood, a water and filter company serviceman.

Spouse

He married Arline W. Eckbo, (b. 10/06/1912-d. 03/15/2003 in Oakland, CA).

Biographical Notes

Eckbo was a founding member of the Telesis group of architects, landscape architects and urban planners, along with Francis Violich (1911-2005), Edward A. Williams (1914-1984), Francis Joseph McCarthy (1910-1965) and others.

SSN: 032-09-1013;

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