Résumé

Military service, Queen’s Blackwatch Guard, Malaya, c. 1951-1953.

Teaching

Professor of Landscape Architecture, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA.

High School / College

Graduate, Dundee High School, Dundee, Scotland, 1951.

Bachelor's of Landscape Architecture, University of Reading, Reading, England, 1956. At Reading, he studied with the landscape architect Herbert Francis Clark (1902-1971).

Master’s of Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania (Penn), Philadelphia, PA, 1962. At Penn, Laurie studied with the Scottish landscape architect Ian McHarg.

Relocation

Michael Mackie Laurie was born in Dundee, Scotland, on 12/19/1932, the son of Ian and Nan Laurie.

In 1962, Laurie resided at 410 Quince Street in Philadelphia, PA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Number: 2848504; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3998; NARA Roll Number: 725, accessed 05/24/2023.)

He was buried at Saint Madoes Churchyard, in Glencarse, Scotland.

Biographical Notes

Laurie flew from Glasgow, Scotland's Prestwick Airport to New York, NY, aboard BOAC Flight #559 on 07/27/1962. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Number: 2848504; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3998; NARA Roll Number: 725, accessed 05/24/2023.)

SSN: 572-68-7468.