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James L. Greenleaf

James L. Greenleaf (1857-1933) was an American landscape architect. He trained as a civil engineer, receiving a degree from Columbia University's School of Mines in 1880; he subsequently taught at the university in the School of Engineering from 1882to 1894. At the end of the century, he established his practice in landscape architecture and began designing estate gardens in Westchester County, Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut, including the Italian gardens of the Vanderbilt mansion in Hyde Park, New York. He oversaw the design of American military cemeters in France after World War I and advised on the landscaping of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922; he also consulted on the landscape design of Arlington National Cemetery. Greenleaf left his practice in 1927 to devote his time to painting and travel; his art was exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New YOrk. Greenleaf served as president of the American Society of Landscape Architects. He was a member of the [[U.S. Commission of Fine Arts}} from 1918 to 1927, serving as vice chairman from 1922 to 1927.