Background
Harst, John Jay van der was born on May 15, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Juan and Marylyn Wilda van der Harst.
Harst, John Jay van der was born on May 15, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Juan and Marylyn Wilda van der Harst.
Student in Landscape Architecture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1973—1975. Student in Landscape Architecture, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1976. Bachelor in Humanities (History of Art and English), Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1977.
AS in Science and Engineering, Schoolcraft College, Livonia, Michigan, 1979. Postgraduate in Civil Engineering, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1979—1981.
Draftsman, delineator Grables, Mills and Young Inc., Lansing, Michigan, 1975. Designer, draftsman Leisure and Recreation Concepts, Inc., Dallas, 1976. Project assistant Wehrman Chapman Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, 1978.
Draftsman Cook Wandrey Peterman Design Group, John R. Cook Associates, Ltd., Bartlett, Illinois, 1980. Designer, illustrator Ronald Sias and Associates, Nashville, 1982. Designer Cumberland Tectonics, Inc., 1982—1983.
Designer, draftsman Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon, Inc., 1983—1984. Designer, technician Wamble and Associates, 1985. Draftsman, delineator, designer Hastings Architecture Associates, 1986.
Contract draftsman Integrated Dietetic Internship Corporation, Milwaukee. Assigned to Kroger Company, Nashville, 1988—1989, Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1990. Contract draftsman, consultant, illustrator various organizations, since 1975.
Consultant in field; presenter in field.
Volunteer Navajo Gospel Mission, Oraibi, Arizona, 1978, Recycle! Nashville, Methodology Committee, 1988—1989, Bring Urban Recycling to Nashville Today, 1989—1992. Review team member Environmental Protection Agency, 1991—1992. Member of East Nasty Running Club, Green Party Middle Tennessee, Cumberland Green Bioregional Council, Recycling Advocates Middle Tennessee, Tennessee Environmental Council (life).
