Jane Thompson, AICP (June 30, 1927 – August 22, 2016) was an American urbanist, designer and planner, with an international career exceeding forty years.
Thompson (née Fiske) was educated in the fine and applied arts at Vassar College with graduate work at Bennington College and NYU Institute of Fine Arts, her career has been devoted to the interaction of many facets of applied design.
She spent early years in the Museum of Modern Art, becoming acting Assistant Curator in the Department of Architecture.
TDG's comprehensive Masterplan for all lands bordering Houston's 10-mile-long Buffalo Bayou waterway (a district of 10 square miles ) won acclaim as a far-seeing urban planning model.
[5] Jane Thompson was active in the International Design Conference in Aspen (IDCA)[6] from 1971 to 2002, as a board member, program chairman, and speaker.