Landscape architect.
Born at Berlin, Germany on 17 September 1928, he studied landscape architecture then worked for the City of Berlin Parks Department. He participated in large-scale park redevelopment after the Second World War.
In the late 1940s, he married fashion designer Eva Ida Johanna Becker (1930-2003) at Berlin and they had a daughter, Sylvia Kuzyk, before immigrating to Canada in 1953 and settling at Winnipeg where they had four more children. After his wife’s death, he married Viola Turner and moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
In 1955, he joined the staff of the Winnipeg Parks and Recreation Department, advancing in 1962 to the position of City Landscape Architect. He designed the areas around bridge interchanges and streets, and played a major role in redeveloping the regional park system in the 1960s, particularly the Assiniboine Park Zoo. He is also recognized as the architect of the Crescent Drive Golf Course (1967). He became Director of Planning and Development in 1980, holding the position until retirement in 1989.
A charter member of the Manitoba Parks and Recreation Association, he served as its President (1975-1976). He was also a charter member of the Manitoba Association of Landscape Architects and was its first Executive Director (1989-1996). He was a member of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects and the American Society of Landscape Architects and was made a Fellow in both organizations. He served as Treasurer of the Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation (1992-2008). He chaired the Parks Board of the Rural Municipality of North Kildonan (1963-1965), was a municipal arborist (1967-1974), and served on the planning committee for the International Peace Garden (16 years) and the Manitoba Environmental Councils (8 years).
He died at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 9 September 2017 and was buried in the Glen Eden Memorial Gardens.
Obituary [Eva Ida Johanna Schoch], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 June 2003.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 16 September 2017.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 February 2025
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