Bremer Whidden Pond was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 23, 1884, and got his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1906.[3] He received his master's degree in landscape architecture from Harvard that same year. He went on to serve as secretary to the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
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Bremer joined Harvard's School of Landscape Architecture in 1914 and remained at Harvard until his retirement in 1950. He eventually became the Charles Eliot Professor of Landscape Architecture and the chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture in what became the Harvard Graduate School of Design.[2]
In 1915, Harvard architecture instructor Henry Atherton Frost inaugurated an informal program of tutoring women in architecture since they could not be admitted to Harvard's male-only graduate program.[4] Within a year, Frost had four women students and had brought Pond on board.[5] Word about the informal program spread, and by the 1916–17 academic year, the college was advertising the experimental program and its curriculum as the Cambridge School of Architectural and Landscape Design (later to be renamed the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture).[5] Among the women to complete the school's three-year program were landscape architects Rose Greely and Alice Recknagel Ireys.[5]
Pond also served for a time as director of the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture, another institution formed to give women access to higher education in landscape architecture.[2]
In 1915, Pond opened his own office in Boston, and a few years later he went into partnership with Frost.[2][6]
Pond was secretary of the American Society of Landscape Architects from 1922 to 1936. He also served as secretary of the Cambridge Historical Society, was a director of the Massachusetts Forest and Park Association, and helped to organize the Hubbard Educational Trust.[2] He was a coeditor of The Transactions of the American Society of Landscape Architects, 1909-1921, and he edited Eleanor von Erdberg's 1936 book Chinese Influence on European Garden Structures.
Outline History of Landscape Architecture (fine Arts 1f.). School of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, 1933.
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^"Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Records, 1919-1986". Five Colleges Archives & Manuscript Collection.
^ abcde"Bremer Whidden Pond". The Cultural Landscape Foundation website.
^"Pond, Bremer Whidden, 1884-1959". Dartmouth Library Archives & Manuscripts. Trustees of Dartmouth College. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
^Zaitzevsky, Cynthia. Long Island Landscapes and the Women who Designed Them. WW Norton & Company, 2009.
^ abcAllaback, Sarah. The First American Women Architects. University of Illinois Press, 2008
^ abHowe, Lois Lilly. "Bremer Whidden Pond". The Cambridge Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 38, Oct. 27, 1959.
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bremer, whidden, pond, june, 1884, september, 1959, american, landscape, architect, professor, harvard, university, deeply, involved, with, early, graduate, programs, landscape, architecture, women, cambridge, school, architecture, landscape, architecture, low. Bremer Whidden Pond June 23 1884 September 2 1959 was an American landscape architect and professor at Harvard University He was deeply involved with two early graduate programs in landscape architecture for women the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture 1 2 Bremer Whidden PondBremer Pond 1907BornJune 23 1884Boston MassachusettsDiedSeptember 2 1959 1959 09 02 aged 75 Hanover New HampshireEducationDartmouth College B A 1906 Harvard University M L A 1906 OccupationLandscape architectYears active1906 1936 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Publications 4 ReferencesEarly life editBremer Whidden Pond was born in Boston Massachusetts on June 23 1884 and got his bachelor s degree from Dartmouth College in 1906 3 He received his master s degree in landscape architecture from Harvard that same year He went on to serve as secretary to the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Career editBremer joined Harvard s School of Landscape Architecture in 1914 and remained at Harvard until his retirement in 1950 He eventually became the Charles Eliot Professor of Landscape Architecture and the chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture in what became the Harvard Graduate School of Design 2 In 1915 Harvard architecture instructor Henry Atherton Frost inaugurated an informal program of tutoring women in architecture since they could not be admitted to Harvard s male only graduate program 4 Within a year Frost had four women students and had brought Pond on board 5 Word about the informal program spread and by the 1916 17 academic year the college was advertising the experimental program and its curriculum as the Cambridge School of Architectural and Landscape Design later to be renamed the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture 5 Among the women to complete the school s three year program were landscape architects Rose Greely and Alice Recknagel Ireys 5 Pond also served for a time as director of the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture another institution formed to give women access to higher education in landscape architecture 2 In 1915 Pond opened his own office in Boston and a few years later he went into partnership with Frost 2 6 Pond was secretary of the American Society of Landscape Architects from 1922 to 1936 He also served as secretary of the Cambridge Historical Society was a director of the Massachusetts Forest and Park Association and helped to organize the Hubbard Educational Trust 2 He was a coeditor of The Transactions of the American Society of Landscape Architects 1909 1921 and he edited Eleanor von Erdberg s 1936 book Chinese Influence on European Garden Structures Pond died on September 2 1959 in Hanover New Hampshire 6 Publications editOutline History of Landscape Architecture fine Arts 1f School of Landscape Architecture Harvard University 1933 References edit Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Records 1919 1986 Five Colleges Archives amp Manuscript Collection a b c d e Bremer Whidden Pond The Cultural Landscape Foundation website Pond Bremer Whidden 1884 1959 Dartmouth Library Archives amp Manuscripts Trustees of Dartmouth College Retrieved February 11 2023 Zaitzevsky Cynthia Long Island Landscapes and the Women who Designed Them WW Norton amp Company 2009 a b c Allaback Sarah The First American Women Architects University of Illinois Press 2008 a b Howe Lois Lilly Bremer Whidden Pond The Cambridge Historical Society Newsletter vol 38 Oct 27 1959 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bremer Whidden Pond amp oldid 1161705215, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
