Ruth Shellhorn
General Information
Occupation: Landscape Architect
Date of Birth: January 01, 1909
Date of Death: January 01, 2006
Birth City: Los Angeles
Birth State/Province: California
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: Los Angeles
Resident State/Province: California
Resident Country: United States
Notes: Obituary online at : Sampson, Wade. "Ruth Patricia Shellhorn." 27 Dec. 2006. 11 Aug. 2008 http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=ww061227ws
Sources: Patrick, Stephen. "Green Spaces: Inspiring Landscape by Women, Art Libraries Society of North America 27th Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC." Art Libraries Society of North America. 29 Mar. 1999. 11 Aug. 2008 http://www.arlisna.org/news/conferences/1999/proceedings/green.htm
Specialties
Jobs
Employer: Yoch and Council
Title: Landscape Designer
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Country: United States
Employer: Bullock's Department Stores
Title: Consulting Landscape Architect
State: California
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1945
Employer: Walt Disney Studios
Title: Consulting Landscape Architect
State: California
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1955
Employer: Unversity of California, Riverside
Title: Landscape Architect
State: California
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1956
End Date: January 01, 1964
Collaborators
Name: Welton Becket, Los Angeles Architect
Project: various
State: California
Country: United States
Notes: Becket designed Bullock's Pasadena Store, for which Shellburn was hired as a consulting landscape architect. Becket was friends with Walt Disney and recommended Shellhorn.
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Alpha Zeta Scholarship Cup
Description: for highest grades in the School of Agriculture (Oregon State College School of Landscape Architecture)
Name: Clara Waldo Prize for Most Outstanding Freshman Woman
Description: Oregon State College
Name: Phi Kappa Phi
Description: in her junior year at Oregon State College
Name: Beaux Arts Competition
Description: National Award
Name: Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial Medal
Description: for most outstanding design in a collaborative senior project, Cornell University
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: Bullocks Stores
State: California
Country: United States
Title: Walt Disney, Disneyland
Description: Liasion between the Disney Studios and the hired designers. Responsible for Town Square, Main Street, the Plaza, and Frontierland
State: California
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1955
Education
Institution: Oregon State University
Department: Landscape Architecture
Start Date: January 01, 1927
Institution: Cornell University
Department: Landscape Architecture
Start Date: January 01, 1930
Notes: Shellhorn left during the Depression, several classes away from completing her degree
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Role: Fellow
Start Date: January 01, 1971
Organization: Psi Chapter Kappa Kappa Gamma
Role: President, National Architect
Publications By
No publications by on record
Publications About
Title: A Study of Ruth Patricia Shellhorn: Award-Winning Landscape Architect
Author: unknown
Publication: Landscape Design and Construction
Volume: 13
Issue: 4
Date Published: January 01, 1967
Title: Ruth Patricia Shellhorn, Landscape Architect: a short biography
Author: Kate Comras
Publication: Department of Landscape Architecture at Cornell University
Date Published: January 01, 2005
Url: www.landscape.cornell.edu/media/Ruth_Shellhorn_Bio_by_KC.pdf
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