James
A. Marshall, 73,
died at his home in Schaumburg, Illinois, April 1, 2006. He was born May 27,
1932, in Chicago. He graduated from Loyola Academy in 1950 and from Illinois
Institute of Technology in 1955, receiving a bachelor's degree in civil
engineering. In 1960, he received a master's degree in city and regional
planning from the same institution. A registered professional engineer in
Illinois civil engineering, he authored many articles and booklets dealing with
his career and his avocation, surveying and mapping American Indian mounds and
earthworks. He was a book lover and avid outdoors-man and was active in many
organizations involved with nature, conservation and archaeology. In 1961 he
developed a 1 85-page State Park Plan for the Fox River and Northeastern
Illinois, published by the State of Illinois, which identified about 100,000
acres for acquisition, including sites that have become the Moraine Hills,
Silver Springs, and V 010
Bog State
Parks. This plan is the basis of the state's present land acquisition program.
His exhibitions include American Indian architecture (IIT, Chicago, 1982) and
Hero, Hawk and Open Hand (Art Institute of Chicago, 2004-05). A member of the
Literary Club since 1977, he presented six papers