Dan Ormsbee

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameDaniel Wilt "Dan"•Ormsbee
Used nameDan•Ormsbee
Born4 March 1884 in Nord, California (USA)
Died3 April 1985 in Denver, Colorado (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

As an architect Dan Ormsbee received an Honorable Mention at the 1932 Los Angeles Games in the Art Competitions in the category Architecture, Designs For Town Planning, together with John Branner and Shirley Baker for their work Design for the Stanford Stadium. Ormsbee attended Chico State College in California before starting work as an engineer assistant on the Nevada-Northern Railway. In 1923 he went into private practice, and for a period of 10 years was a partner in the firm of Baker & Ormsbee in a general and extremely varied engineering practice. He retired after 22 years with the Colorado Department of Highways, for the last seven of which he held the title of Urban Engineer. He did mining surveys, and worked on the plans and construction of the Stanford University stadium.

The work is not listed in the 1932 exhibition catalog, just the photos of the stadium made by Berton Crandall. He likely had submitted the photos, as the architects were awarded an Honorable Mention. The first Stanford Stadium was opened in 1921 as an arena for football and athletics to former plans by C. B. Wing after only 18 weeks of construction. In 1927, under the leadership of Shirley Baker, additional tiers increased the capacity from 60,000 to over 85,000. In 1984, football matches took place here as part of the Los Angeles Olympics, as well as at the 1994 World Cup (men) and 1999 (women). In 2005, the stadium was demolished and replaced by a new building.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Art Competitions USA Dan Ormsbee
Architecture, Designs For Town Planning, Open (Olympic) United States HM

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