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- George Burdett Ford
—died aged 51 in New York City at Doctor's Hospital on Wednesday, Aug 13
—born in Clinton MA on June 24 1879
—graduate of Harvard in 1899, and attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ecole Des Arts, Paris
—wed to Harriet Chalmers Bliss of New York on June 15 1912
—career as a city planning professional and architect
—assisted in the planning and rebuilding of the city of Rheims, France from the devastation suffered in WWI; awarded French Legion of Honor ribbon for his contributions
—consulted by many municipalities on their planning and growth, including Trenton, Newark, and Elizabeth in New Jersey; New Rochelle, Dobbs Ferry, Mamaroneck, Ossining and Glen Cove in New York; New Haven, Connecticut; Springfield and Worcester in Massachusetts; Cincinnati and Dayton in Ohio; Richmond and Norfolk in Virginia; Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina
—important contributor to the New York Zoning Law in 1916; his principle of the "set back" when planning & building structures over a certain height ensured that light and air would not be blocked by a mass to large for the given plot
—general director of the Regional Plan Association c. 1929
—survived by his wife; his mother, Mrs. Andrew E. Ford of Cambridge MA; his brother, social ethics professor James Ford of Harvard; and his sister, Mrs. Walter L. Bacon of California
—services were conducted at St. Saviors Chapel, Cathedral of St. John the Divine; interment at Woodlawn Cemetery
~sources: The Scarsdale Inquirer and The Hastings News; Friday, Aug 22 1930
Harriet Chalmers Bliss Ford died aged 87 on Feb 20 1964 at Pine Rest Nursing Home in Northampton MA.
She was a 1899 graduate of Smith College and was on the staff of The Century Magazine until her marriage to GB Ford. She served as a Smith College trustee at one time.
~source: New York Times; Feb 22 1964
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