He was the husband of Jennifer Jones. Son of Joseph F. and Marguerite A. (Walsh) Barton.
He graduated from Phillips Academy, in Andover, Class of 1960, and from Harvard University, in 1964. He went immediately into the Peace Corps and spent five years in many villages and cities of Columbia, South America, especially in Cartagena, building schools and health centers, and giving jobs to the local populace.
He was the former Chairman of the Fenway Planning Task Force, which required his being a liaison between Mayor Menino and City Hall, the Fenway residents and the Boston Red Sox to try to resolve the new/old stadium question. Because of his absolute desire for justice, this demanding and difficult job was always carried out with incredible fairness to all sides.
He had been President of the Fenway Civic Association and on the Board of R.O.W., Restore Olmstead's Waterway, where he was very active in trying to solve the reed problem in the Muddy River.
He was an avid gardener, which was proved by the many pictures in local papers and on television news. He was a member of the Fenway Garden Society, for over twenty-one years, serving as vice president at one period. His roof-top gardens became famous for their fruit bearing trees, exotic plants and vegetables, not only in Boston, but also in Sweden. When he traveled around the country or the world, he would collect seeds from flowering plants and try to grow them in one of his gardens.
He graduated from Phillips Academy, in Andover, Class of 1960, and from Harvard University, in 1964. He went immediately into the Peace Corps and spent five years in many villages and cities of Columbia, South America, especially in Cartagena, building schools and health centers, and giving jobs to the local populace.
He was the former Chairman of the Fenway Planning Task Force, which required his being a liaison between Mayor Menino and City Hall, the Fenway residents and the Boston Red Sox to try to resolve the new/old stadium question. Because of his absolute desire for justice, this demanding and difficult job was always carried out with incredible fairness to all sides.
He had been President of the Fenway Civic Association and on the Board of R.O.W., Restore Olmstead's Waterway, where he was very active in trying to solve the reed problem in the Muddy River.
He was an avid gardener, which was proved by the many pictures in local papers and on television news. He was a member of the Fenway Garden Society, for over twenty-one years, serving as vice president at one period. His roof-top gardens became famous for their fruit bearing trees, exotic plants and vegetables, not only in Boston, but also in Sweden. When he traveled around the country or the world, he would collect seeds from flowering plants and try to grow them in one of his gardens.
He was the husband of Jennifer Jones. Son of Joseph F. and Marguerite A. (Walsh) Barton.
He graduated from Phillips Academy, in Andover, Class of 1960, and from Harvard University, in 1964. He went immediately into the Peace Corps and spent five years in many villages and cities of Columbia, South America, especially in Cartagena, building schools and health centers, and giving jobs to the local populace.
He was the former Chairman of the Fenway Planning Task Force, which required his being a liaison between Mayor Menino and City Hall, the Fenway residents and the Boston Red Sox to try to resolve the new/old stadium question. Because of his absolute desire for justice, this demanding and difficult job was always carried out with incredible fairness to all sides.
He had been President of the Fenway Civic Association and on the Board of R.O.W., Restore Olmstead's Waterway, where he was very active in trying to solve the reed problem in the Muddy River.
He was an avid gardener, which was proved by the many pictures in local papers and on television news. He was a member of the Fenway Garden Society, for over twenty-one years, serving as vice president at one period. His roof-top gardens became famous for their fruit bearing trees, exotic plants and vegetables, not only in Boston, but also in Sweden. When he traveled around the country or the world, he would collect seeds from flowering plants and try to grow them in one of his gardens.
He graduated from Phillips Academy, in Andover, Class of 1960, and from Harvard University, in 1964. He went immediately into the Peace Corps and spent five years in many villages and cities of Columbia, South America, especially in Cartagena, building schools and health centers, and giving jobs to the local populace.
He was the former Chairman of the Fenway Planning Task Force, which required his being a liaison between Mayor Menino and City Hall, the Fenway residents and the Boston Red Sox to try to resolve the new/old stadium question. Because of his absolute desire for justice, this demanding and difficult job was always carried out with incredible fairness to all sides.
He had been President of the Fenway Civic Association and on the Board of R.O.W., Restore Olmstead's Waterway, where he was very active in trying to solve the reed problem in the Muddy River.
He was an avid gardener, which was proved by the many pictures in local papers and on television news. He was a member of the Fenway Garden Society, for over twenty-one years, serving as vice president at one period. His roof-top gardens became famous for their fruit bearing trees, exotic plants and vegetables, not only in Boston, but also in Sweden. When he traveled around the country or the world, he would collect seeds from flowering plants and try to grow them in one of his gardens.
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