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Occupation Architect Parents Edward Grosvenor Bolles Role Architect		Name John Bolles Spouse(s) Mary Piper


Born June 25, 1905 Berkeley, California Died March 5, 1983, Santa Rosa, California, United States Education University of Oklahoma, Harvard University Structures Candlestick Park, Gillette Stadium

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

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.

Candlestick Park

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

Published works

1977: Las Monjas, A Major Pre-Mexican Architectural Complex at Chichen Itza, University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 0-8061-1282-4, ISBN 978-0-8061-1282-4

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1926

Master of Architecture, Harvard University, 1932

Professional

Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA)

References

John Savage Bolles Wikipedia

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