Kawamoto, Casey, 1919-

Biographical Note

Casey A. Kawamoto was born in Selma, California in 1919. He attended Monterey High School and received an A.A. degree from Hartnell College. Following graduation he worked for the California Division of Forestry for a year (1940-41) before serving in the Army during World War II having attended the military intelligence school. After the war, he worked briefly at the firm Holabird & Root before using the G.I. Bill to earn his B.A. in landscape architecture from the University of California at Berkeley. While completing his final year of the program at Berkeley he worked for faculty member Geraldine K. Scott in the firm of Imlay and Scott. Upon graduation in 1949 he was employed by noted landscape architect Thomas D. Church until he opened his own practice in 1960. While in Church's office he drew the illustrations for the book, Gardens Are for People and worked closely with architects Germano Milono and George Rockrise. One of his significant project was designing the landscape for the Guide Dogs for the Blind office in San Rafael, CA. He closed his practice in 1998.

Sources: Form completed by C. Kawamoto

From the guide to the Casey Kawamoto collection, 1952-1991, (Environmental Design Archives College of Environmental Design)