John Savage Bolles

For other possible meanings see Bolles (disambiguation)
John Savage Bolles
Born June 25, 1905
Berkeley, California
Died March 5, 1983(1983-03-05) (aged 77)
Santa Rosa, California
Occupation Architect
Spouse(s) Mary Piper
Parent(s) Edward Grosvenor Bolles

John Savage Bolles (June 25, 1905 March 5, 1983) was an American architect.

Biography

Professional Life

Immediate Post Graduate

Structural Engineer in Oklahoma

Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

Archeologist at Persepolis

Carnegie Institution for Science

Archeologist at Chichen Itza

Golden Gate International Exposition

John worked with his father, Edward Grosvenor Bolles on the Temple of Religion and The Christian Science Monitor building.

IBM

When IBM needed more factories for their rapid, post World War II expansion, Thomas J. Watson, Jr. hired John Savage Bolles at the suggestion of Eliot Noyes to design the first computer factory in the San Jose area, IBM Building 25. [1]

Candlestick Park

The building that Bolles was most famous for was Candlestick Park, former home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team.

Published works

Awards

Education

Professional

Citations

  1. Watson Jr., Thomas J (1990). Page 279-280. Publisher: Bantam_Books

See also

List related internal (Wikipedia) articles in alphabetical order. Common nouns are listed first. Proper nouns follow.

References

Biography

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