Election to Fellow is one of the highest honors that the American Institute of Certified Planners bestows upon a member.
Fellows of AICP are honored in recognition of the achievements of the planner as an individual, elevating the Fellow before the public and the profession as a model planner who has made significant contributions to planning and society. Fellowship is granted to planners who have been members of AICP and have achieved excellence in professional practice, teaching and mentoring, research, public and community service, and leadership. Those chosen become members of the College of Fellows.
The College of Fellows is concerned with mentoring and future advancement of the profession of planning. As outstanding professionals in the field of planning, Fellows of AICP will address student organizations, state APA conferences, and professional development programs.
Nominations for entry into the College of Fellows are now open. The following documents provide instructions for submitting a nomination package:
Deadline for 2010 nominations: November 17, 2009
Fellows of AICP participate in a wide range of leadership and volunteer activities.
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Charles Allen is recognized for his exemplary service to the APA and the planning profession. Charles was responsible for chairing the joint AIP/ASPO Minority Affairs Committee and is credited for his contributions to social justice. He advocates the implementation of plans by citizens to give them confidence in planning and strengthening their belief in the value of their participation. Inducted 2004.
David J. Allor has served as a scholar or professor at eight different institutions; author of "The Planning Commissioners Guide" and 23 articles and reviews; presented more than 41 papers at conferences; conducted countless planning commission training sessions; served as president of the Ohio Planning Conference, and was the 1998 recipient of the APA Distinguished Service Award. Inducted 2000. (Deceased)
Karen Alschuler is committed to creative, collaborative planning. A deft navigator of the implementation process, she has championed projects from San Francisco's Mission Bay to Boston's Central Artery. She created the "Planning Game" to enfranchise diverse stakeholders. Karen's accomplishments have shaped and enriched cities nationwide, and inspired a generation of planning leaders. Inducted 2004.
Bill Anderson, an Economics Research Associates partner, integrates development economics and planning. Working in 20 states and eight countries, Bill focuses on inner cities and regional planning. Bill headed up San Diego's oldest planning advocacy group and chaired San Diego's Planning Commission, helping formulate the "City of Villages" strategy. Inducted 2006.
John E. Andersen's focus on the big picture has resulted in the creation of many visionary yet implementable strategies that have been grounded in firm public support. His pioneering work in the areas of visioning and public involvement has served as a model for effective citizen participation programs for many communities. Inducted 2001.
Dick Anderson is a nationally recognized urban planner and association executive. As president of the New York Building Congress since 1994, he has overseen the reemergence of the 78-year-old public policy coalition which represents the design, construction, and real estate industry of New York City. Mr. Anderson previously served as executive director of Dallas Plan and as president of the Regional Plan Association, the nation's oldest metropolitan planning organization. In 1980, he was the first elected president of the newly formed American Planning Association. Inducted 2000.
Robert Ansley, Jr. has dedicated his career to the service of the underrepresented and underserved citizens of Florida. With vision and determination, he has been a planner, local housing administrator, and nonprofit affordable housing developer, resulting in thousands of affordable housing units and safe, supportive communities of opportunity. Inducted 2008.
Alden F. Aust was instrumental in elevating professional planning in Omaha, through service as its planning director for 25 years. His visionary initiatives secured the city’s long-term financial future, created the framework for the rebirth of Downtown, and pioneered growth management. His legacy remains strong through the work of young planners whom he nurtured. Inducted 2008.
Uri Avin's achievements in growth management and the land use/transportation connection are remarkable for their creativity and rigor. His collaboration with academics synthesizes the best of research and practice. On both his government and consultant work, Uri has "pushed the envelope" for more than 26 years. Inducted 1999.
Ed Bacon's genius was in convincing Philadelphia a future vision. He fundamentally influenced how our profession views American cities. Bacon brilliantly adapted Penn's plan to the late 20th century, leaving it for others to reimage it for the 21st century. Today, he continues to work to enhance the city's urban form, creating connections for future entertainment and visual delights. Inducted 2000. (Deceased)
Robert Baldwin led Multnomah County to the first countywide comprehensive plan in Oregon. Multnomah was the first urban county complying with Oregon's unique statewide planning requirements. He coordinated staffs in Portland's outstanding downtown plan. He was Oregon APA professional development chair, legislative policy member, and wrote the continuing education program. Inducted 2000.
Tridib Banerjee holds a James Irvine Chair of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Southern California where he teaches planning, urban design, and international development. Banerjee played a major role in developing USC's innovative degree programs in urban design, architecture and planning, and landscape architecture. He has been actively involved with various APA programs and chapter activities and in 1990 received APA's prestigious Paul Davidoff award. Inducted 2002.
Mitzi Barker has devoted her career to expanding housing choices and conditions, particularly in low-income communities. Most recently, she brokered an unprecedented partnership among state, federal, tribal, private, and nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate every home on remote Diomede Island, Alaska. Mitzi was also instrumental in developing APA's policy guides on Housing and Homelessness. Inducted 2004.
Jonathan Barnett is one of the pioneers of the modern practice of urban design beginning with his work as Director of the New York City Planning Commission's Urban Design Groups in the 1960s. Founder and Director of the Master of Urban Planning in Urban Design program at the City College of New York, he educated a generation of urban designers, while advising cities and towns across the U.S. and publishing significant books and articles about urban design. He is now a Professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. Inducted 2002.
Carol Barrett. Integrity and dedication are the two words that best describe Carol Barrett. Wherever she has lived, Carol has worked tirelessly to better her profession and her community. Carol's leadership and dedication to such important issues as diversity and ethics make her one of our profession's best. Inducted 1999.
Ernest R. Bartley: Pioneer in post-WWII planning in Florida, witness to Florida planning history and participant in much of it; for over 50 years a teacher, successful combiner of academe with professional practice, research, and public service. His career is an example for those who follow after. Inducted 2000. (Deceased)
Peter Batchelor's 31-year career has created an enduring legacy of teaching and scholarship, most notable through the North Carolina Urban Design Assistance Program and his courses, Anatomy of the City and The Urban House. His accomplishments include 34 honors and awards, 51 refereed articles, and two books on urban design. Inducted 2000.
Barbara Becker built two accredited planning programs, saving one from elimination. She has been a member of the Board of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Chapter President and Regional Director of chapters of the American Planning Association, and now serves on Planning Accreditation Board site teams. As a teacher and a mentor Barbara has earned devotion from her students. Inducted 2006.
Ralph Becker embodies the best of the planning profession. He is an esteemed professional, leading citizen, and sought-after educator. Ralph has received the highest planning awards in the region. As a politician, Ralph continually advocates for sound planning practices. His students are motivated to think big and look long. Ralph makes an enormous difference. Inducted 2003.
Robert W. Becker. No single individual has given more to advance the planning profession in Louisiana than Bob Becker. As a city planning director, planning professor, consultant, and nonprofit manager, Bob has repeatedly demonstrated his planning skills and dedication to the planning profession on a local, state, and national level. Inducted 1999.
As a sole practitioner, Tom Beckwith has developed innovative strategies on high-visibility projects incorporating a significant degree of public participation and support. Tom is a charismatic consultant with a getting-to-yes style. His widely emulated innovations include integrated growth management strategies, project-specific plans and environmental assessments, and creative performance-based public facility design/delivery approaches. Inducted 2006.
Katherine Ford Beebe is a strategic planner with a deep belief that rebuilding our urban centers requires the partnership of civic leaders, property owners, and investors. While working in some of the most challenging communities of Detroit, she coordinates diverse collaborative teams, translates visions into plans, and then works toward implementation. Inducted 2004.
James R. Bell's outstanding professional achievements in planning have set a standard of excellence wherever he has worked. His belief in the abilities of all, regardless of their gender or race origin, and his quiet dedication as a role model and mentor, have helped many younger planners to achieve the same standard. Inducted 2001.
Ralph C. Bender in his more than 50 years as a planning professional has distinguished himself in multiple roles: Urban Planner, Architect, Consultant to both the public and private sector, Designer, City Planning Director, Planning Commissioner, Educator, Author, and Lecturer. As President of a nationally recognized and honored urban planning and architectural firm, his career has not only embraced the physical, but the socio-economic ramifications of his chosen professions. Inducted 2008.
During her 30 years of planning service, Teree Bergman has been a citizen trainer, mentor, planning advocate, teacher, and policy maker, to name a few. She has demonstrated leadership in all these roles, and she has effectively promoted planning and the planning profession in her job as a volunteer. Inducted 2001.
Paul A. Bergmann: In the best professional tradition, Paul has dedicated his career to making a difference at the local level and in people's lives. To paraphrase the Athenian Oath, he strives in all ways to transmit his community greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted before. Along the way, he has advised/counseled/mentored many planners, contributing to the next generation of planners, their agencies, and chapter leadership. Inducted 2001.
Rick Bernhardt has been an agent of change, bringing innovation, enthusiasm, and a strong sense of social justice to his work. He is committed to proactively completing the city through traditional neighborhood design. He is recognized for his vision, expertise, and tireless work improving Florida and the nation's approach to planning. Inducted 1999.
Brian J.L. Berry has made fundamental contributions to urban and regional development theory, policies and practice. He is an influential political economist and planner. Brian's many contributions have been labeled pioneering and innovative, have been widely emulated, and have become required reading for generations of students. Inducted 2006.
Jim Bertram's visionary guidance has been instrumental to Lubbock, Texas's success as a well-planned, clean and efficient city. Some of his most notable projects in the city of Lubbock include: the 1975 Comprehensive Land Use Plan and cutting edge Sign Ordinance, Yellowhouse Canyon Lakes, Depot District, and Broadway Streetscape. In honor of Bertram's retirement in March of 2001, the Lubbock City Council renamed the Canyon Lakes the Jim Bertram Lake System. Inducted 2002.
Dale F. Bertsch developed the first regional Fair-Share housing program in America, taking a major role in expanding the responsibilities of the planner to include social equity, and brought his expertise in planning practice and resolution of conflict through collaboration and negotiation to bear on the education of planners and administrators. Inducted 2001.
Dave Bess has just retired after 32 years of service at Cal Poly Pomona where his record of superior performance helped bring this unique planning education program to a high level of achievement. His work emphasizes distinguished classroom teaching, effective mentoring, and substantial service to the profession and his community. Inducted 2000.
With more than 35 years of extensive, hands-on experience and leadership in California, Gary Binger has successfully managed local and regional planning agencies. Gary's influence in the Bay Area is related to land use, growth management, the provision of needed housing, and integrating local, regional, and state policies and programs, culminating in the California Smart Growth Initiative. Inducted 2006.
Eugenie Ladner Birch, educator of international repute, has demonstrated extraordinary leadership as chair of two distinguished planning departments, president of ACSP and SACRPH, editor of JAPA, member of the NYC Planning Commission, and teacher and mentor to more than 500 students in the past quarter century. Inducted 2000.
Daniel Bird has consistently been the passionate planning pioneer. Distinguished for many planning "firsts," he was the first recipient of AICP's Outstanding Professional Development Officer award, implemented Ohio's first performance-based zoning ordinance, instituted Ohio's first permanent Hearing Examiner position, and is helping to lead the way to convert a nuclear weapons complex into a major research and development facility. Inducted 2002.
Merle Bishop's 28 years of vision and progressive planning solutions, from the first comprehensive plan to traditional neighborhood design, have crated a legacy of quality planning for Florida's fourth largest county. Merle's challenges include protecting a vast state watershed, controlling huge phosphate mines, and creating sustainable communities for growth. Inducted 2003.
Alan Black has been active in transportation planning since 1960 as a public planner, consultant, and teacher. Many planners have studied his 1968 "Green Book" chapter on the comprehensive plan in preparing for the AICP examination. His research has produced numerous journal articles and a textbook on urban mass transit. Inducted 2001.
Lachlan Ferguson Blair brings to the Urbana campus an exemplar of "Been there — done that" based on decades of practice at every governmental level, and in diverse specialties. He knows that historic preservation and comprehensive planning are two sides of the same coin: you can't have one without the other! Inducted 1999. (Deceased)
John Blayney has spent 33 years of his planning career as co-owner of San Francisco consulting firms specializing in serving public agencies. During this time, he served as a primary author, designer, and presenter of 30 general plans, mainly for California cities. Now retired, he is active in efforts to preserve agricultural land and prevent Silicon Valley style overgrowth in Sonoma County. Inducted 2008.
Roger Blevins's pioneering work in military installation and civilian plan development, sustainability, planning assistance teams, technology integration and the application of uniform planning tools set the standard for military planning worldwide. His superb leadership within the Air Force, APA, and its Federal Planning Division has empowered and inspired federal planners. Inducted 2006.
Through his planning expertise, commitment to creating good public policy, sensitivity to political realities, consensus-building style, and integrity, Michael Blue has brought positive change to the many communities he has served. As a mentor of students and advocate for fellow planners, he works tirelessly to advance the planning profession. Inducted 2008.
Over his career, Claude E. (or Gene) Boles has established himself as an articulate planning professional with creative practical solutions to planning problems, and a leader in building the planning capacity of Florida communities. His service is the very essence of the planning profession's commitment to making our nation’s communities better places to live. Inducted 2008.
David Booher has established a record of accomplishments in planning policy and institution building. He was integral in negotiating of many planning policies in California. He led reinvigorations of the California Chapter, as well as the emergence of the Center for Collaborative Policy as a national leader in collaboration. Inducted 2003.
Fred Bosselman's research on the constitutional limits of land use control and the states' emergence into the land use arena has defined the legal landscape for planning in the U.S. As a drafter of the American Law Institute's Model Land Development Code, Bosselman influenced the direction of state planning statues. Some of his most collaborative distinguishing work includes: consulting with the National Commission on Urban Problems, representing the Florida Audubon Society in bringing litigation to protect endangered species on North Key Largo, and helping the state of California in the development of Natural Community Conservation Plans for Orange and San Diego counties. Inducted 2002.
Bill Bowdy, the "Father of KAPA," served as Kentucky's first chapter president and PDO, AICP President, APA Board Member, Vice Chair of the PAB, and has been active in numerous professional and community-service capacities. Bill wishes to recognize and thank his wife Barbara, whose consistent comment has been: "Now what have you agreed to do?" Inducted 1999.
Mary Anne Bowie, a visionary and champion of sustainability exemplifies thinking globally and acting locally with a new model of development that is green and sustainable. She has established standards in eminent domain and contracting for planning services. Her leadership empowers consultant planners to better serve public and private clients. Inducted 2006.
David Boyd's contributions to the planning profession include furthering the art and practice of citizen engagement and community collaboration through process design and implementation, making a difference in the effectiveness of APA and AICP, and overcoming a variety of institutional obstacles to good planning by enthusiasm for his work and telling the planning story. Inducted 2006.
Melville C. Branch, distinguished professor of planning, University of Southern California. Instrumental in establishing: Bureau of Urban Research (Princeton); graduate program of education and research in planning (Chicago); school of policy, planning, and development (USC). LA City Planning Commissioner. Corporate Planning, TRW. APA Leadership (1986), ACSP planning educator (1992), national awards, first PhD planning (Harvard). Author: 21 books, 75 papers. Inducted 2000. (Deceased)
Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Dean Brennan's achievements include exceptionally creative contributions to planning such as inventing the Phoenix Urban Village Model, crafting Phoenix's model Downtown Urban Form Plan, preserving large tracks of the Sonora Desert, and educating planners and communities on making neighborhoods safer. Inducted 2008.
John Bridges provides inspirational leadership and service to the planning profession, APA and the communities he serves. For more than 20 years, he has strongly advocated the benefits of planning, shared his optimism with others, and provided unwavering determination to improve our communities through professional practice and teaching. Bridges has also served as Chair of the APA Chapter Presidents Council and as President and Vice President for the California APA Chapter. Inducted 2002.
Jane S. Brooks has excelled at teaching and mentoring graduate planning students for more than 22 years. She has inspired students through summer trips to meet with planners who shape urban environments. Her capstone studio class has produced numerous neighborhood plans providing "real world" planning experience for students. Through her example students have become active in APA and begun career-long community service and commitment to the profession. Inducted 1999.
"Were it not for Mike Brooks ... we would not have a nationally recognized process for accrediting schools." Brooks's APA and ACSP leadership has been devoted to bridging the gap between educators and practitioners. He excels at making theory come alive through his publications and teaching, challenging us to be more visionary. Inducted 2004.
David Brower is a pioneer in the fields of growth management, coastal zone management, mitigation of national hazards, sustainable development. His mitigation plan for Nags Head, North Carolina, won a national award, and his work with the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management was recognized with the 2001 AICP/ACSP Collaborative Project Symposium Award. Brower was also instrumental in forming APA's Planning and Law Division. Inducted 2002.
Communities across the Midwest and in North Carolina look and function better because Lee Brown gave them both the plans and the tools to become their best. He has served as an accomplished translator between theory and practice, professionals and volunteers, and between traditional principles and contemporary tools. Inducted 2006.
Horace Brown's legacy to Connecticut and the Northeast includes the creation of Connecticut planning regions; serving as the first director of the Office of State Planning; developing the first Connecticut Plan of Conservation and Development; and, chairing the Tri-State Regional Planning Commission. Inducted 2008.
Nancy Benziger Brown displays a true passion for the planning profession. Her commitment to APA/AICP is extraordinary and she has consistently shown outstanding leadership qualities. In her career, she has a record of innovative community and resource planning as evidenced by her diverse accomplishments in professional practice, education, and public service. Inducted 2000.
Martin Bruno's career in the planning profession spans more than 30 years. He was Houma, Louisiana's first planning director, and is now the Director of Planning for Slidell, Louisiana. LaAPA, the State of Louisiana, HUD, and many others have honored him for his distinguished public service in planning and community development. Inducted 1999.
Raymond J. Burby's contributions to the fields of planning include co-editorship of the Journal of the American Planning Association, extensive research and significant publications dealing with urban growth impacts and state and local development management systems, and his service to a number of governmental, professional, and nonprofit organizations. Inducted 1999.
Amanda M. Burden has spearheaded the largest comprehensive planning effort in New York City since 1961. Her commitment to quality design and community engagement will have an enduring legacy in the sustained vitality of New York City's public spaces and quality of life for its residents. Inducted 2008.
Bob Burke has uniquely contributed to planning in an extraordinary way. He is one of Washington State's great classic planners, with a commitment to the profession that spans nearly three decades. His participation encompasses a variety of roles: award-winning practitioner, planning commissioner, tireless volunteer at both state and national levels, and educator. Inducted 1999.
Steve Butler has made exceptional contributions through award-winning and innovative plans and implementation programs. He has served as President for statewide planning organizations in Washington and Maine, and has been a strong advocate for the profession through work with the public and legislators, and his support for planning education. Inducted 2008.
David L. Callies is recognized throughout the country and world as a distinguished leader in the field of land use planning law. Callies has written all or parts of zoning ordinances and annexation and development agreements. His comparative analyses of U.S. and foreign regimes have helped to strengthen the bridge between the professions of law and planning. Callies has received several awards distinguishing his teaching, some of which include: his law school's best professor award (twice) and the Hawaii Chapter of APA's Distinguished Leadership Award. Inducted 2002.
Brian Campbell's career has been remarkable for the consistent innovation, acceptance and implementation of planning ideas that have changed the way the Portland region views industrial, aviation, and waterfront planning issues. He possesses skill at forging agreement among competing interests. Inducted 2006.
Paulette "Polly" Carolin has been a champion for the homeless, the poor, and refugees throughout her 20 years of APA leadership. She is most proud of creating partnerships that have resulted in more than 300 refugees from Bosnia, Vietnam, and Iraq finding good homes and jobs with living wages. Inducted 2001.
Eugene E. Carr has shown exceptional public/community service and leadership, creating over 90 planning studies as a consultant, training more than 1,400 citizen planners, and serving as a professor of urban planning for 18 years. Carr was instrumental in creating the first chapter of APA in Utah and has received the state's highest planning award. Gene authored Planning and Zoning Administration in Utah, the definitive guide to planning in Utah. He volunteered his leadership to rewrite the Planning Enabling Statues in 1991 and continues to provide his expertise on every planning issue in the state of Utah. Inducted 2002.
Deeply committed to contextual design and people participation in the revitalization of neighborhoods and cities, Don Carter has combined an international urban design practice with national service to the planning profession and community leadership in his hometown of Pittsburgh. Inducted 2006.
Sam Casella has made a major contribution to the practice of planning, particularly in the area of urban revitalization. As APA president he displayed dedication to social equity and advancement of planning ethics. He has served his community, and now at Florida State University, he is passing on his professional expertise on to a future generation. Sam Casella epitomizes the practitioner who aspires to serve the public interest in every arena. Inducted 1999.
Anthony James Catanese's energetic leadership of Florida Atlantic University has made it a highly visible model of effective planning. He has used his planning background to take the university to heights undreamt of before his arrival and to make the public institution an engine of development in southeast Florida. Inducted 2001.
Robert A. Catlin has spent 40 years as a practicing planner, teacher/mentor, and researcher. He has combined theory and practice, mentoring dozens of students who have gone on to become AICP members, planning directors, and private consultants. He has won recognition for his comprehensive plans, administrative skills, and published literature. Inducted 2001. (Deceased)
Philip B. Caton has been a leader in shaping and implementing New Jersey's constitutional affordable housing obligations and a pioneer in Transfer of Development Rights and progressive planning techniques. A consummate professional, Caton has excelled as a state policy maker, municipal planner, publisher, Court-appointed planning master and urban designer. Inducted 2008.
F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Through his teaching, mentoring, writing, and service activities, F. Stuart Chapin, Jr., raised the standards of technical competence and professional responsibility during a critical period of the development of the planning profession. His devotion to highest principles of professional practice, the clarity of his intellect, and his personal integrity have inspired a whole generation of planners. His contributions to the planning profession will long endure. Inducted 1999.
George Bernard Chapman has exemplified the role of the planner as advocate and mentor. One of Chapman's greatest contributions has been to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, where for the past 20 years he has shepherded the city through one of its most dramatic growth periods. He has also made several contributions to the profession of planning including serving as an AICP Commissioner, an APA Board member, and Chapter President for two different chapters of APA. Inducted 2002.
Jay Chatterjee has been an outstanding professional planner offering his knowledge and skills primarily in the academic community over a 30-year period at architecture- and planning-related events throughout the world. Before his prestigious academic career began, he was employed in both the fields of planning and architecture. He has worked as a professional planner at the community, regional, and national levels and in campus planning capacities in various cities in India, England, and the United States. Inducted 1999.
Hyung C. Chung's exacting and rigorous reports and research in the fields of growth control, fiscal impacts, and demographic projections for municipalities and school systems have provided exemplary foundations for sound planning decisions. His pioneering planning and research methodologies, developed over a 35-year career, represent a significant contribution to the planning profession. Inducted 2000.
Philip H. Clark: Building on a foundation of local and regional planning in the public and private sectors, Phil became the recognized leader worldwide for designing, developing, and teaching all aspects of comprehensive planning, including CADD/GIS applications to the U.S. Air Force. His additional experience in environmental restoration ensures an enduring planning legacy. Inducted 2000.
Community service is a recurring theme throughout Arnold Cogan's career. From his early leadership as the first director of Oregon's highly respected and award-winning land use program to his current active consulting practice, Arnold continues to make lasting contributions to his city, his state, and to the professional planning field. Inducted 1999.
Fred Collignon has trained many, and often led as Chair the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. He led his national firm, Berkeley Planning Associates, for 24 years. His research and practice helped integrate citizens with disabilities into fuller lives in our communities. Inducted 2001.
Brad Collins has strongly advocated emerging planning concepts and empowered new constituencies for planning that have significantly changed our professional practice over the last 30 years. His innovative approaches and leadership on environmental policy, affordable housing, growth management, and sustainable development have made strides toward livable communities. Inducted 2003.
Short in stature, tall in heart, Arlan Colton's quiet leadership, sense of purpose, and his trademark self-deprecating humor have influenced planning policy statewide and served APA admirably at all levels throughout his career. He played a key role in Arizona's first comprehensive changes in a generation to local planning enabling acts. Inducted 2004.
Tom Cooke's career is distinguished by his comprehensive and integrative approach to planning. Many of his contributions to the profession include: pioneering transit- and pedestrian-oriented development, the integration of urban design with land use and transportation plans, and the use of a technically rigorous planning process that truly involves and informs the community. Inducted 2003.
Connie B. Cooper believes "your rewards are measured by your gifts to others." She led the way for planning commissioners to become part of APA's Board, shared APA's "Agenda for America's Communities" with 32 chapters; won funding for chapter grants, and always makes time for students. Not bad for a Southern belle! Inducted 2000.
Garry Cooper epitomizes what a planner should be. Through his work as a scholar, researcher, and award-winning planer, Garry has helped to create better communities. Through his inspired teaching, caring mentorship, and engaging academic leadership, he has made an indelible marking in shaping undergraduate education and preparing future leaders in planning. Inducted 2008.
In 30 years of professional practice, Gary Cornell has made outstanding contributions to transportation planning, land use planning and environmental policy. As Planning Director in a fast-growing community in America, as Planner in Residence at Florida State University, and as a consultant, he has introduced innovations and institutional changes in the practice of planning. Inducted 2008.
Robert Cornish: With 36 years in planning, Bob is grateful that circumstances led him first to planning in a community that was very supportive of comprehensive planning (Mill Valley). Combining a career founded in municipal and regional planning practice and rounded out by the challenges of teaching, has resulted in an attractive and challenging planning career in California, Sweden, Texas, and Iran. Inducted 1999.
Fernando Costa's 30-year public service career includes 20 years as planning director in Atlanta and Fort Worth. Respected for his integrity, intelligence and insight, Fernando serves as a trusted advisor and leader at all planning levels. From local policy formulation, to regional visioning, to national peer consultation, he is an exceptional planner. Inducted 2008.
Elaine Costello's innovative planning for Mountain View, California, has won many awards and served as an example for other communities. Committed to improving planning practice, Elaine has trained and mentored many California planners. Especially noteworthy is her work promoting the leadership role of planners by helping planners learn how to raise and make progress on difficult issues facing their communities. Inducted 2006.
In local government and the nonprofit sector, Linda Cox has long been an advocate for the community's voice in planning and a bridge-builder between community and public agencies. Innovator and adept manager, she has worked to focus public attention on issues that affect the vitality of urban communities. Inducted 2000.
Paul C. Crawford has 29 years of experience an urban planner, manager, and educator. His consulting work throughout California, and 10 years as county planning director, have been dedicated to achieving livable, pedestrian-oriented, distinct communities; environmental and economic sustainability; and social equity in the process and results of planning. Inducted 2001.
Betty Croly: With dual professional and volunteer careers, Betty Croly, while on the AICP Commission and APA Board, initiated the AICP Historic Landmark Pioneer Program in 1985. She was appointed California Chapter Board Historian in 1988, collecting $10,000 and seeing 2,000 planning publications valued at $20,000 installed at the California State University, Northridge, Archive. Inducted 2000.
John Crowley traveled an extraordinary professional journey of diverse education and practice. Always at the leading edge and in senior leadership roles, he stretched the conventional edge of planning past cities and parks to the realms of corporate mixed-use development, transportation agencies, and academic administration in environmental design. Inducted 2003.
Charlie Crumpton, one of the founding fathers of the Florida Chapter, is a leader who throughout his career has fought and won many tough battles in support of planning. His work in 1979 defeating a bill in the Florida legislature that would have only permitted registered architects, engineers, landscape architects, or land surveyors to qualify as planners is an example of this crusade. Inducted 2004.
Samuel J. Cullers has had an outstanding 47-year career after becoming the first African-American to obtain a graduate degree in city planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work, both internationally and across the country, has demonstrated ability to apply research techniques and management skills to both public and private planning practice. Inducted 2000. (Deceased)
Bill Curtis believes the planning profession is about public service and fostering change, with the essential commitment that planning be linked to tangible results. For the past 30 years, his energies have focused on advocating for change in Alabama, and for 22 years on achieving improvements in quality of life and economic opportunity for the residents of East Alabama.
Patrick J. Cusick, Jr., trail-breaking, action-oriented planner. His many years of practice in the Northeast, the Pittsburgh region, and the Phoenix area included renewal, special area, municipal, regional, and new town plans with emphasis on their implementation. In addition, he was a national leader in both AIP and ASPO, and initiated early steps toward their consolidation. Inducted 2000.
Greg Dale, who is nationally recognized for his planning commissioner training programs, has been the ambassador of planning for the layperson. Conducting more than 100 training sessions, writing, and managing planning projects throughout the country, he is a leader in promoting ethical issues and behavior by professional and citizen planners. Inducted 2004.
Wayne Daltry's contributions to hurricane preparedness, everglades restoration, and harbor protection have positively impacted local and national programs. He founded the Florida Chapter's annual Old China Hands Reception, which is dedicated to the new planners, our departed friends, and us. Wayne believes that a love of home is necessary to make the commitment to manage toward the future, not just today. Inducted 2004.
A talented urban designer, Bob Dannenbrink, Jr. has made major contributions toward shaping the built form of California's planned developments, most memorably in Irvine and Los Angeles. Bob's visions of sustainable communities and livable neighborhoods, and his ability to convey these possibilities in award-winning designs, continue to enrich the lives of many California residents. Inducted 2008.
In her 35 years of professional planning experience, Linda Davis has demonstrated versatility and a high level of skill and integrity in her positions at the state, regional, and local government levels; in the consulting profession; and in her activities with the Oregon Chapter of APA. Inducted 2001.
Dennis E. Daye's contributions to the planning profession leave a legacy that stands as a comprehensive enrichment to the human environment. His career has enhanced the stature of the profession of planning in every aspect, from public regional plans to major private developments, and as mentor to young planners, architects, and engineers. Daye was also instrumental in fostering the growth of southeast AIP chapter to a point where separate state chapters were justified and was one of the founding members of the South Carolina Chapter. Inducted 2002.
Lillian Frost Dean has made notable contributions to planning and environmental management in Michigan. She facilitates interjurisdictional coordination and meaningful action with practical administrative tools, teamwork, and effective public involvement. Areas of significant achievement include groundwater protection strategies, stormwater management, farmland preservation, recycling, composting, and environmental landscape demonstration projects. Inducted 2001.
John DeGrove is the "father" and "guru" of growth management in Florida. The state's planning and growth management mandates are the result of his knowledge, efforts, and championing. He enthusiastically shares his expertise with students, university colleagues, and elected officials alike, mentoring new growth management disciples to follow his lead. Inducted 2006.
Innovative, visionary, and professional excellence highlights the planning career of F. John Devaney. He was a pioneer in the integration of the concept of comprehensive planning studies as well as in the transportation planning process in the metropolitan planning studies as well as in the private sector in preparing areawide retail location plans. He was also a pioneer in the analysis of census data as they relate to housing in America. Inducted 2001.
Tom Dinell is responsible for establishing, developing, and nurturing the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawaii. Dinell has served as President of the Hawaii Chapter of APA, as well as a wide range of community organizations in a multiplicity of roles. Currently he is an active planning consultant, teaches part-time, and serves as the Co-Chair of APA Hawaii's Smart Growth and Planning Statute Reform Committee. Inducted 2002.
Boris Dramov's career is distinguished by contributions over the years in bridging the gap between physical design and policy planning, and in integrating land use and transportation considerations to build a lively public realm and vibrant urban place. Inducted 2003.
"Innovative leadership" describes Jim Duncan's contributions to the planning profession. Jim has been at the national forefront in the development of innovative growth management programs, including creation of the nation's first municipal growth management department. His professional leadership includes a term as Florida chapter president and a term as APA national president. Inducted 1999.
Bud Dutton has been a planners' planner. His memorable tenure, directing the American Institute of Planners (AIP), first established our presence in Washington. For decades, he has done his work in ways that excite good people to become planners and give practicing planners fresh approaches to becoming more effective. Bud pursued "smart growth" before it was smart. Inducted 2002.
Michael Dyett focused on land use-transportation linkages and their economic and environmental benefits even before the smart growth movement. His innovative zoning ordinances have helped communities turn visionary policies into workable tools for implementation. Since serving in the Peace Corps, Michael has continued to donate time for community benefit, including volunteer work for arts and educational organizations. His distinguished work represents an outstanding contribution to the profession and to the community it serves. Inducted 2003.
Gail Easley is a Christian, grandmother, wife, and planner. She works tirelessly to advance the profession, creating successful innovations for planning and regulating development. Her award-winning work is implemented throughout Florida and the country. Easley's professional leadership, excellence in service, and shared knowledge have significantly improved planning practice. Inducted 2000.
Joe Edmiston has proved himself as a leader in the planning profession heading two state planning agencies in a 25-year career. He pioneered land use plan implementation through a coordinated public investment program complementing a strong regulatory program in the Santa Monica Mountains. Inducted 2003.
Robert Einsweiler contributed understanding through research for public action in growth management, environmental planning, shared power, land value capture, and strategic planning. He provided leadership in building Twin Cities Metro planning and governance, the University of Minnesota's Planning Program, the research program of the Lincoln Institute, and as President of both AIP and APA. Inducted 2003.
Don Elliott is a planner-lawyer who has applied his skills to make a difference in the U.S., Russia, and Uganda. He serves as editor of the leading land use law reference in Colorado, and his land use regulations have made a difference in downtowns, edge cities, and sensitive rural lands. Inducted 2006.
Leading planning in Ohio, Frank Elmer is noted for his professional integration of planning, engineering, and architectural perspectives which he has employed for nearly 40 years as a basis for innovative and visionary plans that have renewed town centers, spurred job formation and elevated the quality of urban life. Inducted 2004.
Henry Eng has dedicated his career to serving the community whether employed in the public or the private sector. Working with the community has been his priority because of his fundamental belief that planning, while needing to serve and satisfy a diversity of interests, must always benefit the community. Inducted 2003.
Leon S. Eplan: Few planners better reflect the emergence of our profession in post-war America. For four decades he has been an innovator, an advocator and a visionary. His work as Commissioner of Planning in Atlanta helped shape that dynamic city. He was at the birth of several of our planning organizations: the Georgia Planning Association, the Planning Accreditation Board and the American Planning Association. And, as Director of Georgia Tech's Planning Program, he modernized and broadened that curriculum. Inducted 2000.
John Epling's leadership has led to the formation of regional and state planning programs that have served as models around the country. Most recently Epling designed and deployed TELUS: Transportation, Economic and Land Use System, free information-management and decisions-support software designed to help MPOs and SDOTs develop their annual TIPs and STIPs. Among many other accomplishments, he is responsible for creating The Regionalist, the quarterly journal of the National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) and the Institute for The Regional Community, an umbrella of NARC to provide a forum for public, private, and civic interaction activities. Inducted 2002.
Lawrence Epstein has drafted award-winning guides and development regulations for solar access and for energy and telecommunications facilities and has written manuals to make related ordinances work better. He has trained hundreds of planners and planning commissioners and made thousands of land use decisions as a veteran hearings officer in the Pacific Northwest. Inducted 2006.
Ernest Erber's more than 50-year career at the national, regional, and community levels include: executive director of the Carnegie-funded National Jobs/Housing Study, founder of Appalachian Highlands Foundation, New Jersey area director for the Regional Plan Association, and executive director of the Passaic-Bergen Community Planning Association. Inducted 2001.
Jerome Ernst is a leader in the field of urban design. The hallmarks of his accomplishments, in over 100 projects recognized by many design awards, are interdisciplinary collaboration, innovative methods for facilitating public participation and decisions, and a gift for helping others see the design elements and assets within their community. Inducted 2008.
Craig Farmer: Well known for his savvy judgment, courageous leadership, witty humor, and dedication to APA, Craig exemplifies the professional planner, committed to bettering his community, serving his fellow man, and advancing the planning profession. His work has benefited many Texas communities, from low-income "colonias" along the Mexican border to upscale Dallas suburbs. Inducted 2000.
Paul Farmer's career has exemplified the importance of leadership, innovation, and implementation in the planning profession. As a practicing planner and leader of the American Planning Association, he has advanced the value placed upon planning in major American cities, academia, and the nation. Inducted 2006.
Wayne Feiden has helped make the City of Northampton, Massachusetts, a leader in sustainability efforts, and he has shared the lessons of sustainability with communities around New England, the United States, Hungary, and South Africa. His publications, teaching, and presentations have helped bring best practices to citizen planners and practitioners. Inducted 2008.
For over six decades, Hermann Field has been a planner in its broadest sense. His accomplishments include initiating a graduate planning program with its public policy analysis foundation at Tufts University, reinventing urban development in Boston, and pioneering work in sustainable development. Inducted 2001. (Deceased)
Frank Fish is a founding principal of Buckhurst Fish and Jacquemart, Inc., a New York City planning firm. He has served the profession as APA New York Metro Chapter president, AICP Commissioner, and president of the American Society of Consulting Planners (ASCP). Mr. Fish has taught at Pratt and Princeton, and currently is adjunct professor at New York University. Inducted 2000.
Ronald Lee Fleming pioneered Main Street projects in the 1970s. Then he championed the concept of place-making to recover the narrative of communities with elements of public art, urban design, and interpretation. His writings on these subjects have extended his reach as a forceful planning advocate and public educator. Inducted 2008.
Larry Fonts's career has focused on two dynamic cities — Atlanta and Dallas. Working closely with civic leaders, both public and private, he fostered the revival of their downtown districts through innovation, collaboration, and a can-do spirit. Inducted 2008.
David J. Forkenbrock is a nationally recognized scholar in the area of transportation planning and policy. He has designed two state-level highway investment programs for the purpose of fostering economic development. Recently, he was lead author of a guidebook on estimating the social and economic effects when developing major transportation projects. The guidebook was published by the National Academy of Sciences. He now is writing a book on environmental justice-related methods of analysis for planners. Inducted 2002.
Clyde Forrest, planner-lawyer, exemplifies devotion to planning by building bridges between academia and our many planning constituencies. He developed and taught in a joint planning and law program at the University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign. Clyde is commended for his service to APA and his leadership on the Divisions Council. Inducted 2004.
Joe Frank's achievements in more than 25 years of practice have been recognized by local, state, and national awards honoring his efforts in growth management, historic preservation, and affordable housing. Through the years, he has been instrumental in maintaining Fort Collins as a national model of innovative planning and growth management. Inducted 2004.
Steve French has pioneered the use of advanced analytic techniques and geographic information systems in planning education and practice. Since 1981 he has taught nearly a thousand students at California Polytechnic State University and Georgia Institute of Technology. Through his students and publications, he has advanced the technical capacities of the planning profession. Inducted 2006.
Adrian Freund's service to communities across the nation, his skills at balancing competing interests and his leadership positions in the American Planning Association have been keys to his effectiveness. Adrian's commitment to the planning profession was reflected by his energetic three-decade record of outstanding contributions at the local, state and national levels of APA. He has provided positive models of sensitive land use planning with lasting results for many communities. Inducted 2008.
Ralph Gakenheimer is a researcher and educator for both practicing and academic planners. Most notable are his efforts in creating the AICP Exam Prep training for the Massachusetts Chapter and his planning work in the developing world. He is currently researching problems of mobility and air quality in Latin America, and comparing those issues between China and India. Inducted 2004.
Joanne Garnett brought humility, humanity, ethics, and vitality to the presidencies of AICP and APA. She led APA to a higher level of service and brought the West, rural planning, and APA together by creating a support system between planners in remote places and the profession. As a tireless advocate for our profession, she continues to inspire planners from the inter-Mountain West, where her heart is. Inducted 2004.
Dave Gattis has served his community and the planning profession in diverse ways. He has been a planning and zoning commissioner; APA Division and Chapter leader; Municipal League board member; trainer of commissioners and students; and a planner who has transformed his own Texas community and served as a proponent of regionalism. Inducted 2008.
Larry Gerckens is nationally recognized for excellence in teaching American city and regional planning history. He founded the Society for American City and Regional Planning History, has served as the National Historian for the American Institute of Certified Planners, and chairs the Planning Landmarks and Pioneers Jury of AICP. Inducted 2000.
David Godschalk is the model scholar-planner: dedicated to teaching and mentoring his students; insightful and productive as a publishing scholar; respected as consultant and expert witness; influential in policy circles; and effective as a leader in university, town, and state affairs as well as in our national professional and academic organizations. Inducted 1999.
For over 40 years, Carl Goldschmidt has led efforts to improve the profession and the teaching of planning. He helped to create both the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and the Planning Accreditation Board, and for years was active in the accomplishments of both. As director of Michigan State University's Planning Program he was vital in successfully countering efforts to abolish that program. He has served as teacher and mentor to generations of planning students, both in this country and abroad. Inducted 1999.
Dennis Andrew Gordon: Dennis's 26-year practice is distinguished by a total commitment to building consensus and pushing the envelope — in the communities he's served and APA. He pursues these convictions by moving people toward common ground, by challenging them to envision greater possibilities, and then by following though to help make them happen. Inducted 2001.
Sigurd Grava is a planning educator who brings personal project experience to the classroom; he is a practitioner who introduces advanced methods and concepts in his consulting work. He is very visible in his hometown, participating in civic and professional affairs, but his sphere of operations is global. Inducted 2000.
Clifford Graves is a change master: a planner/executive who gets things done by forging innovative partnerships, turning around troubled organizations, and bringing fresh thinking to complex development issues. A mentor and motivator, he has opened doors for hundreds of minority professionals and brought planning services to disadvantaged communities throughout the U.S. Inducted 2000.
Sherm Griselle's 35 years as a practicing generalist planner, educator, and active supporter of citizen participation are remarkable for his many accomplishments. His dedication to the planning profession is obvious from the many positions he has held and presentations he has made at state and national planning conferences. Inducted 2001.
Albert Guttenburg as practitioner and scholar conceived and led the implementation of multidimensional land use classification; synthesized social, economic, and physical aspects of urban structure in relation to plans; and contributed to the social interpretation of planning history. His ideas continue to influence planning theory and practice today. Inducted 2001.
In a career that spans over 30 years, Dianne Guzman has served as a role model for countless public planners. She has consistently provided high-caliber leadership for several planning agencies and has always been very active in APA. She is well known in issues such as offshore oil development permitting, streamlining permit processes, and organizational change. Inducted 2001.
Besim S. Hakim is the first town planner/architect who has authoritatively researched the ethical principles, customary practices of planning and building, their related codes and the rule systems which shaped traditional built environments in Islamic and other societies surrounding the Mediterranean. He has published an internationally acclaimed book and numerous scholarly contributions based on his research results. Professor Hakim practiced with city planning authorities and taught planning and architecture at a number of universities in Canada, the United States, and the Middle East, applying unique insights from research to practice and teaching. Inducted 2000.
Irving Hand: For over 50 years, Irving Hand has engaged in a professional career marked by landmark strides in local, state, and regional planning and metropolitan government. As a teacher, he has enjoyed a mutually fulfilling educational experience with a countless number of planning students and practitioners. He is a tireless advocate for planning and remains ever active in its expression. Inducted 2000.
For 36 years, Wes Hankins has played a critical role as a teacher and a mentor for a wide variety of audiences in the planning profession, the community at large, and the academy. His teaching, research, and service record demonstrates unswerving and exemplary commitment to undergraduate planning education at East Carolina University. Inducted 2004.
Harlan Hanson has focused his efforts on improving the quality of the built environment and preservation of the natural environment. He has placed importance on public information, design excellence, regard for land conservation and stewardship, and the recruitment, management, and training of hundreds of planning and design professionals. Inducted 2006.
Angela Harper's leadership and enthusiasm within APA/AICP has resulted in notable programs such as the APA grants to the chapters, the "Special Topic" awards program; the Israel Stollman Ethics Symposia, and the AICP 2020 Visioning Plan. Bottle "Essence of Angela," then spread it around, and planning work will be easier to do! Inducted 2000.
Of Mike Harper's many hours devoted to volunteerism, two projects stand out. He chaired the Nevada State committee that initiated the state's legacy of funding environmental improvements in Lake Tahoe. And, Mike chaired the AICP Exam Committee that completed the successful transition of the certifying exam from paper to computer. Inducted 2004.
Britton Harris is a pathfinder. Over 40 years ago he foresaw the importance of computer simulations in planning, the need for applied location theory, and the salience of human values and behavior in urban development. His basic research and tireless advocacy have spurred the advance of new methods in planning. This work, despite its admitted limitations, has helped pave the way for a new generation of advances in the scientific support of planning for the 21st century. Inducted 2000. (Deceased)
(William) Bill Harris teaches that planning functions to improve the quality of life for all. An AICP charter member, international scholar-activist, and expert in economic planning and African American community development, Bill believes that equity and social justice are realized when all citizens share equally the disadvantages of society. Inducted 2000.
Michael S. Harrison's planning and urban design achievements are part of Portland's foundation for livability. His projects successfully blend policy, zoning, urban design, and capital planning. Michael is considered an asset and friend by citizen activists, developers, commission members, and elected officials, and students considering a career in planning. Inducted 1999.
Mark Hastert has spent his life and career making the greater Honolulu urban environment a better place to live, work, and play, visit, enjoy and appreciate. By accomplishing this, he has succeeded in protecting and enhancing the beauty, charm and culture of the rest of the island and all of Hawaii's special places. Inducted 2008.
For three decades, Roger Hedrick has demonstrated planning leadership as national president of AICP, national APA board member, president of the Louisiana Chapter of APA, professional development officer for the Texas Chapter, and executive committee member of the Missouri Chapter. He currently serves on the Planning Advisory Board and APA Foundation. Inducted 2000.
Edward Helfeld's long, accomplished career in planning includes serving as Executive Director of three redevelopment agencies. As an Executive Director for each organization, Helfeld provided leadership to achieve better services for the disadvantaged, affordable housing, revitalization of residential neighborhoods and downtowns, support for the arts, and the promotion of design quality. In addition, Helfeld has been a creative academic, teaching planning and urban design at four graduate schools. Inducted 2002.
Mary Lou Henry has shaped the growth of planned communities in the Southwest. Her service in national, chapter, and section leadership positions includes AICP Commissioner, APA Board of Governors, Texas APA President, and Houston Section Director. APA awarded her the 1985 Diana Donald Award for contributions to women's rights and the profession. Inducted 1999.
Vernon Henry's extraordinary abilities and leadership qualities were recognized immediately by pioneer Houston planning director Ralph Ellifrit, who assigned him major responsibilities at a very young age. His 40-plus year career has affirmed Ralph's judgment, for Vernon's stellar reputation as a planner and community leader is well known throughout the Houston region. The quality of his work, commitment to education, high ethical standards, and successful business have established Vernon as a role model for the profession. Inducted 2000.
Throughout his 30-year career, Ben Herman has emphasized a commitment to excellent, innovation and creative thinking, and consensus-building. As a consultant he specializes in award-winning community and regional plans and growth management strategies. Inducted 2008.
Albert Herson's professional contributions include five years of distinguished service on CCAPA's Board of Directors, two as President. He's held numerous other leadership positions with CCAPA and the state bar. Al built Jones & Stokes's successful environmental planning practice, mentored many planners, taught scores of environmental planning workshops, and published extensively. Inducted 2001.
Jesus H. Hinojosa: He was a distinguished professor at Texas A&M University. Chuy was an inspirational educator and mentor. His professional work ranged from a developmental guidance system for San Antonio's Riverwalk to earthquake recovery plans for Nicaragua. He served on numerous boards and committees associated with AIP, ASPO, ACSP, JAPA, and APA. Inducted 2001.
For 25 years, Mark Hinshaw has combined his background as an architect with his skills as a city planner to help communities understand growth and development choices. As a newspaper columnist for over eight years, he has illuminated trends and directions in design and offered a much-valued critical perspective. Inducted 2000.
John Hirten has had an amazing career as a tenacious, indefatigable, and powerful professional advocate for sensible, innovative transportation and urban planning — from Iran to Hawaii, from Little Rock to San Francisco, from City Hall to the nation's Capitol — a one-man vendetta for problem-solving and urban planning solutions. Inducted 2000.
For 30 years, Allan A. Hodges has exemplified the best in planning. His management of innovative and comprehensive planning and environmental projects around the country has produced a legacy of outstanding accomplishments. Equally impressive has been his extensive involvement with AIP/APA/AICP at the state and national levels. Inducted 2000.
Stanley R. Hoffman has 30 years experience in urban planning, specializing in the areas of financial analysis; real estate economics; and economic development for cities, counties, and developers throughout California. He has contributed to the advancement of planning through the use of innovative computer-based fiscal modeling techniques to develop long-range plans. Inducted 2001.
Edward Holden served as the first Director of Planning for the Southern California Association of Governments. He worked for 20 years for the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission and founded the Los Angeles Regional Planning History Group. Holden is probably best known for increasing comprehensiveness and territorial application of the regional planning process. Inducted 2002. (Deceased)
Terry Holzheimer has creatively integrated economic development into the planning process through his work in Arlington County and Loudoun County, Virginia. His work using fiscal impact analysis, market analysis and economic impact analysis has developed a sound economic foundation for all planning efforts. Inducted 2008.
Lew Hopkins has had a significant and lasting impact on planning education. As head of the planning program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he shaped the program into one of the best in the U.S. Hopkins's commitment to planning education and the profession is also noted in his contribution and service to the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB). Hopkins used his position as Chair of the PAB to promote the profession and the university environment. Inducted 2002.
From immense pioneering projects for post-war London defying new planning laws, to tiny Westlake Hills, Texas, Patrick Horsbrugh has shown unrelenting passion for holistic realities and environmental qualities as basic planning procedures. His graduate program in Environic Design, and Environic Foundation International, cultivate the concept of stewardship as the principal planning obligation. Inducted 2004.
From her hands-on role in growing the Oregon Chapter of the APA, to research and advocacy for the planning profession and its constituents, to the excellence she commands from her students, Deborah Howe has shown a degree of dedication and sheer hard work that is highly regarded among her peers. Inducted 2000.
Robert P. Huefner: Utah's first state planning coordinator; personal staff for two governors and a U.S. Treasury Secretary; advisor to others; chair, 1974 AIP conference; Commissioner, Operation of the U.S. Senate; leader of Utah commissions on government re-organization, taxes, and health; Matheson Professor of political science; and grateful for generous mentors. Inducted 2000.
Robert Hunter's achievements in comprehensive and community planning are remarkable for their diversity and the impact they've had on the people who live in the communities he's touched. Bob has exhibited strong leadership in implementing his innovative visions, while challenging local governments to be fiscally responsible when planning for growth. Inducted 2001.
Fred Hurand has used his outstanding talents to serve his university, the profession and the community by: achieving national accreditation for his programs, serving in many positions for both APA and the Planning Association of Washington, actively involving students and himself in community service, and serving on numerous community committees and commissions. Inducted 1999.
Edward Hustoles's 50-year government and private planning work ranges from project and master plans to major regional air and water quality studies impacting international boundaries. He initiated mobile workshops at our APA National Conferences. He continues to spread the planning gospel from garden clubs to universities. Inducted 2003.
As a visionary and pragmatist, consultant and civic leader, Ernie Hutton has demonstrated a life-long commitment to helping communities realize their potential through participatory planning processes that synthesize planning and design and culminate in lasting consensus-driven visions for evolving places. Inducted 2008.
Daniel Iacofano has successfully expanded the traditional role and impact of planning by incorporating strategic planning, group facilitation, consensus building and mediation, communications and social marketing techniques into his projects. He has authored two books on these subjects: "Meeting of the Minds" and "Public Involvement As an Organizational Development Process." Inducted 2004.
David Johnson's work in International Development Planning has spanned a career of 30 years. He has received five Fulbright's in four countries. He has utilized planning as a peacemaking bridge in zones of conflict including Bosnia and Cyprus. David also served as a planner for Tennessee's award-winning Bicentennial Mall and State Capitol Master Plan. Inducted 2004.
Morris Johnson is one of the pioneers of planning in Utah. With an advanced degree from MIT, he became Salt Lake County Planning Director. At the University of Utah, he established the first planning degree program in Utah. He developed an educational outreach program for local public officials and citizens. Inducted 2000.
Bob Juster believes that planners develop skills that are applicable to many community issues. This belief has involved him in a diverse range of public and community service activities. These activities have in turn enhanced his practice, enriched his teaching, and helped him establish a positive view of planning wherever he has worked. Inducted 1999.
Vivian Kahn's accomplishments over the past three decades exemplify the planning profession's obligation to serve the public interest and, in particular, to expand the opportunities for those who are most in need. Her distinguished work in the public and private sectors; dedicated leadership on behalf of the profession and role of planning; and unstinting willingness to use her skills and experience to promote the causes of affordable housing, state and regional planning, and historic preservation, represent an outstanding contribution to the profession and to the community it serves. Inducted 2000.
Through his dedicated teaching, mentoring, research, and service, Edward Kaiser has raised the level of technical competence in planning. His devotion to the highest professional standards, his intellectual creativity and clear writing, and his personal integrity and concern for students have benefited and inspired the planning profession during three decades. Inducted 2001.
Bill Kane's work has focused on growth management and environmental planning in a truly unique setting. The creation and implementation of the Growth Management Plan for Aspen and Pitkin County stands as one of Bill's greatest accomplishments. This plan created an ethical land-use decision making system, which resulted in the preservation of the environment while respecting the legitimate rights of land ownership. Inducted 2004.
During her 12 terms in office as the only AICP planner in Congress, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur has drawn on her early work as a practicing planner to pass legislation funding the creation of open space and wildlife preserves, revitalizing neighborhoods, and improving the infrastructure and economic vitality of not only her Ohio District, but of the nation as a whole. Inducted 2006.
Professor Jerry Kaufman who in 1999 received the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning "Distinguished Service Award" is well known for his efforts in defining the role that ethical behavior plays in the planning profession. A major portion of his 45-year planning/teaching career has been devoted to making ethical practice an ongoing yardstick for the performance of city planners. Jerry developed the first full-semester curriculum addressing ethics. Jerry has now moved on to planning regional food systems, from food production through the cycle to food disposal. Jerry's efforts have always added new direction to the way planners think. Inducted 2000.
Barbara Kautz's achievements in land-use planning, redevelopment, and housing demonstrate vision, creativity, and effectiveness. She has inspired a generation of planners though her mentoring and constant striving towards planning excellence. She remains committed to continued professional service to affect statewide issues. Her works represents 30 years of outstanding practice. Inducted 2001.
As a professor in the Georgia Tech Planning Program, Larry Keating has taught and conducted award-winning research on housing and planning for more than 30 years, and more importantly, given back to the region by efforts such as the co-founding of the Community Design Center of Atlanta. Inducted 2006.
With over five decades of very active contribution to the field, Lloyd Keefe pioneered work in neighborhood, downtown and regional planning including the development of the first comprehensive plan and zoning code for the City of Portland, Oregon. His legacy lives on today and will continue far into the future. Inducted 2000.
John Keller has nearly 30 years of experience in teaching, research, and professional planning. His dedication to state and national APA stands as an example for many young professionals. His scholarship and research have contributed to increase awareness and understanding of rural and small time planning — both to the growing number of non-metropolitan international professionals and to his students of the past two decades. Inducted 2001.
Planner. Lawyer. Educator. Scholar. Leader. Eric Damian Kelly is all of those. He is also a reflective practitioner, considering problems facing clients, suggesting innovative solutions and then building theoretical and legal bases for those solutions. He enhances the profession by sharing those solutions through his writing, teaching, and lecturing. Inducted 1999.
Paul Kelman's work has led the revitalization of downtown Atlanta. He introduced innovative measures to protect Atlanta's environment and strongly influenced the region's land use and transportation infrastructure. Active for more than 30 years in professional planning and development organizations, his work has been recognized and honored throughout the South and the nation. Inducted 2003.
Serving the residents of Miami-Date County for over 35 years, Oliver Kerr is responsible for providing community leaders, community activists, citizens, and the media with the information necessary to manage urban growth in an environmentally sensitive region. This year, the Miami New Times awarded him their Public Servant of the Year award, stating that "he sets the gold standard for info-currency." Inducted 2004.
Mary Kihl has served on more than 75 thesis committees during her 30-year career as a professor and university administrator. She launched an undergraduate planning program in Appalachia, taught regional planning in Nebraska, and coordinated graduate planning and research in Iowa. At Arizona State, she continues to mentor faculty, link research with community needs, and connect students with practice. Inducted 2003. (Deceased)
David N. Kinsey is a leader in protecting coastal resources, vindicating constitutional housing obligations, and achieving smart growth in New Jersey. A pragmatic idealist, Kinsey has been an innovative policy maker, effective state official, creative planner in private practice, skillful mediator, pro bono advocate, and faculty member at Princeton University. Inducted 2006.
Lawrence Kline uses the power of "AICP" to marry markets, ideas, regulations, and community. His private plans govern more than 10,000 acres in Albuquerque. More important, he has helped create growth controls, archeological and open space guidelines, traffic and hydrology ordinances, and new-urbanist zoning — a vast body of regulation bettering his community. Inducted 2004.
Bruce Knight has spent his career advancing the cause of planning to citizens, planning officials, and his professional peers. Because of his thoughtful, outspoken leadership and clear consistent advocacy for his profession, Bruce has helped his community and his professional organization achieve their highest potential. Inducted 2003.
During a half-century of work on general and specific plans and housing programs, including growth management in the groundbreaking 1985 Petaluma General Plan and the first inclusionary housing program on the west coast in Palo Alto, Naphtali Knox has influenced the caliber of planning throughout California and helped more than 10,000 needy families find affordable homes. Inducted 2006.
Alan Kreditor has been a professor of Planning and Development at the University of Southern California for the past 40 years. He is noted for innovations in planning curricula, including the creation of the first school in the nation devoted to urban and regional planning at USC. He has performed national and international research and community outreach, and his work has helped bridge the gap between planning and the real estate industry. Inducted 2006.
Kenneth M. Kreutziger has distinguished himself in the planning field for his work in the planning and design of open systems and pedestrian and transit oriented development. He incorporates these principles into his work, for which he has won numerous awards and is recognized for his pioneering efforts. Inducted 2000.
Bruce M. Kriviskey has been an advocate for historic preservation for over 30 years in that delicate balancing act called planning. He is recognized for his innovative work with heritage-rich communities in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Virginia, and for his service and leadership with statewide and national professional and preservation organizations including the National Trust, AIA, and APA. Inducted 2000.
Donald Krueckeberg has achieved international recognition as a leader, educator, researcher, editor, and writer in all aspects of planning. Don served as president of the ACSP, director of the school of the School of Urban and Regional Policy at Rutgers and APA Journal editor. He is a pioneering researcher in the field of planning history, and his text "Urban Planning Analysis" (with Arthur L. Silvers) was identified by APA in 1997 as one of the 39 "essential references for any planning department or consulting office." Inducted 2001. (Deceased)
Norman Krumholz has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the profession of planning in a career that spans nearly 40 years. He is best known for his work in the development of Equity Planning, an educator to thousands, and an author that has inspired a nation of planners. Inducted 2003.
City planner, regional and state policy formulator, educator, researcher, Glenn Kumekawa has contributed to urban and regional planning by developing pioneering systems on municipal, state, and regional levels, institutionalizing physical planning with community social development, public policy formulation with state political decision making, and academic resources with state governance structures. Inducted 2001.
Steve Kurtz exemplifies what's best about planning in the rural West. His grant writing and planning efforts produce results and make projects happen. Throughout his career, Kurtz has prepared and delivered more than 50 grants totaling over $10 million. Grant money has been used in a host of needed areas such as: water infrastructure, streets, parks, housing, and historic preservation. As editor of the Western Planner Journal, Steve provides an invaluable communication link to planners throughout the West. Inducted 2002.
Richard Lai is recognized for exceptional contributions in planning education. He has influenced the education of hundreds through teaching and the written word, especially in planning law. The certificate program he initiated at Arizona State University has evolved over 30 years to become one of America's major schools of planning. Inducted 2003.
Bruce Laing has been a leader in the development and implementation of public policy for land use, transportation, and natural resources. He has successfully addressed an impressive array of major issues as a planner and as an elected county councilman. His work represents 30 years of outstanding leadership and public service. Inducted 2001.
William Lamont, Jr.'s has been the face and voice of planning as a profession in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region for more than three decades. In his service as a city and regional planner, Lamont's contributions include: path-breaking plans for both Boulder and Denver's downtown and community neighborhoods, continuing leadership in the development of state legislation, and mentoring countless young professionals. Inducted 2002.
For 36 years, Floyd Lapp has exemplified the complete planner: a practitioner at virtually every level — neighborhood, municipality, county, regional, metropolitan and state; an APA leader for the local and national offices; a part-time academician at 10 colleges and universities; and an urban and suburban community planning volunteer. Inducted 2000.
Jack E. Leaman is a designer, problem-solver, community advocate, and educator. With an emphasis on community involvement, his impact at the local and state levels will leave a legacy that will long endure. His professional career spans fifty-three years, many states, and countless communities. Inducted 2008.
Professor Nancey Green Leigh has pursued cutting edge research in local economic development planning and translated the results for planning practice. She has taught and mentored generations of master's students at the University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee and Georgia Tech and her planning studios have won five awards. Throughout her career, she has worked for a stronger and more diversified planning academy and profession. Inducted 2008.
As a longtime director in the San Diego region, Bob Leiter has led numerous comprehensive planning efforts that have made a lasting impact. Bob's skillful leadership in these efforts has exemplified the value of comprehensive planning. Service to the community and the planning profession are also hallmarks of Bob's career. Inducted 2008.
As a teacher and founder of a multidisciplinary, community-based urban design studio at the University of Kansas, Glen LeRoy has established an agenda for planning and urban design students, as well as community leaders, giving them a vision for positive community change. Inducted 2000.
Anthony Lettieri has served as a leader in both APA and AICP throughout his planning career. His various leadership positions include serving as a Section Director of the San Diego section of the California APA Chapter and election to the California Chapter APA Board of Directors on three separate occasions. While on the California Board of Directors, he served as Vice President for Professional Development, Vice President for Public Information, and Chapter President. Most recently, Lettieri has been appointed to a four-year term on the San Diego City Planning Commission where he will serve as the Commission's Vice Chairperson. Inducted 2002.
Julie Levine's career covers all forms of land use from the neighborhood to the nation. His enduring planning contributions include the renewal of the Union Station complex, a 40-acre site in the national's capital, which completes Burnham's visionary "City Beautiful" urban design, and Jerusalem's Mamilla development, gateway to the world-renowned Old City. Inducted 2003.
Constance Lieder is a pioneer. As Maryland Secretary of State Planning, she initiated programs in smart growth. As President of the American Institute of Planners (AIP), she shepherded its merger with ASPO. Her professional achievements focus on urban regeneration, land protection, and tourism. Her personal achievements exemplify women's role in planning. Inducted 2002.
Helen Olson Lightle built upon 25 years in the public and private sector when she went to the Department of Defense planning arena 15 years ago. She has elevated the level of worldwide planning services provided to the DoD, and set standards for others to follow. Her leadership has led to the importance and vitality of the Federal Planning Division. Inducted 2003.
Dick Lillie is a much loved and revered icon of planning in Texas. For 40 years he has exuded consummate professionalism. Today, he continues to show us how it should be done. His list of professional accomplishments and services is laudable and noteworthy. But the mentoring impact that Dick has had on professionals and academics is downright astonishing. Inducted 2000.
Roberta Longfellow is one of the leaders in fair share housing in the Ohio region and an example for the nation, having assisted the Department of Housing and Urban Development in drafting its guidelines for fair share programs. In her 37-year career she also spent volunteer hours working with nonprofits on housing affordability, homelessness, and other charitable causes. Inducted 2006.
Barbara Lukermann has successfully bridged the role between planning practice and academia, transferring acquired skills from "on-the-job" consulting into the classroom where students excel through participating in client-based workshops. Many successful practicing planners, former students of Barbara's, pay tribute to her skills as a teacher, mentor, leader, and dedicated planner. Inducted 2001.
Bob Lurcott, a planning manager and practitioner in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors for 34 years, is recognized for building cooperation and confidence among diverse, often conflicting, interests. His innovative work in capital programming, economic restructuring, and funding of community organizations has improved the livability of large older cities, particularly his adopted city, Pittsburgh. Inducted 2003.
Dean Macris's planning expertise has helped the City and County of San Francisco enjoy a planning renaissance, setting standards for other cities throughout the country to follow. Milestone plans prepared under his leadership include the Downtown Plan for San Francisco and the Plan for Mission Bay. Macris has been recognized by planners, architects, landscape architects, and citizen groups for his advocacy of opening up the planning process to citizens and communities. Inducted 2002.
Marjorie Macris has been planning director for Marin County and Berkeley, California. She directed preparation of the Marin Countywide Plan, a pioneer in environmental, interjurisdictional planning. She has been a long-time advocate for women in planning. As president of planning organizations, she has advanced the causes of statewide planning and transportation/land use coordination. Inducted 2000.
George Mader, a planner for over 45 years, is particularly well known for his extensive work in integrating geologic hazards information with planning at local, regional, state, national, and international levels. He has contributed extensively to a public service on committees and commissions in the use of planning to reduce seismic hazards and was chairman of the California Seismic Safety Commission. He also pioneered the development slope-density zoning and the transfer of development credits. As a teacher at Stanford University for 30 years, he took these and other innovative approaches from practical experience to the classroom. Inducted 2003.
Riad G. Mahayni believes that the ultimate objective of planning is to liberate the human spirit from socioeconomic and physical constraints to realize the potentials for development and enhance the human condition. His academic contributions were enriched by active outreach and public service contributions over 30 years of professional activities. Inducted 2000.
As Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) serving Cleveland and surrounding counties, Howard Maier is known for providing outstanding leadership, generating public trust, directing award winning research, and implementing a regional transportation investment policy. All the while, his cartoons about planning have helped lighten the process. Inducted 2004.
Alan Mallach has been a leader in fostering suburban affordable housing and regional equity. As a planner, public official, advocate, and scholar, he has made significant contributions to revitalizing urban communities, by fostering creative solutions that recognize the central importance of people and neighborhoods in the future of America's cities. Inducted 2003.
Daniel Mandelker's career as an educator and scholar has covered 54 years of teaching and writing in the areas of land use, local government, and environmental law. Some of his major contributions include model legislation drafted for the APA Growing Smart project, casebooks for law school use, and legal treatises and APA publications. Inducted 2004.
Lawrence Mann, teacher, practitioner, author, is a major influence on planners, the planning process, and our professional organization. As chair of the AIP Committee merger, and of AICP, he helped lay the foundation for APA. He inspires, teaches, mentors, and leads planning thought in the United States and abroad. Inducted 2001.
George Marcou, in four decades, has had four careers: professor at Catholic University; founder of the award-winning firm of Marcou, O'Leary and Associates; Deputy Executive Director of APA, where he put the planning flavor into ISTEA; and Maryland State Planning Commissioner, where he helped define the state's "smart growth" program. Inducted 2000.
Peter Marcuse is an advocate for social justice in teaching, in research, in practice, and in public and community service. He has written widely in professional and scholarly journals, on topics ranging from professional ethics to housing and global planning. Among his achievements, Peter has held many public offices, including President of the City Planning Commission of Los Angeles. Inducted 2004.
Judith Meany's 30-year career exemplifies the dual role of urban planning practitioner and educator. Drawing on her community planning activism, urban development consulting and her real estate development projects, Dr. Meany makes the practice of urban and regional planning alive in the classroom through real world experiences and lessons. She has taught and mentored students and professionals from Tirana, Albania to Washington, D.C. Inducted 2008.
Cheryl Matheny demonstrates her dedication to planning through a diverse professional experience readily shared with peers, clients and students. From implementing a statewide Planning Academy to advancing innovative planning ideas and initiatives, Cheryl has strengthened planning practice in and beyond South Carolina through excellence in education, professional practice, and advocacy. Inducted 2006.
In his 50 year career, Richard May has been involved with development planning in developing countries, including new town development, resettlement, and community expansion. He has worked with the U.N. and the World Bank, managed two of his own firms, and served as president of the New York APA chapter and as chair of the International Division. Inducted 2000.
Mike McAnelly has excelled in developing innovative planning solutions for cities across Texas and neighboring states. His exemplary professional knowledge and applications are enhanced by his commitments to citizen participation and by time and expertise freely given to educating citizen planners to better lead their communities in the planning process. Inducted 2003.
Anne McBride is recognized for her untiring dedication to promoting the planning profession as a developer's representative, commission member, Ohio Planning Conference volunteer, and lecturer. Her founding role in, and long-standing commitment to, the Cincinnati Planning and Zoning Workshop and the Ohio Planning Conference are just two examples of her contributions. Inducted 2006.
Heather McCartney has more than 30 years of distinguished service in the planning profession. She has utilized her professional planning expertise while serving as a City Planning Director, Special Projects Manager, and Assistant Parks and Recreation Director, as well as operating her own environmental assessment and management consulting practice. McCartney is recognized as a leader in integrating economic development, environmental and resource stewardship, and community interests into strategic initiatives. Inducted 2002.
Bruce McClendon, a second-generation planner, is teacher/mentor to generations of planners. Through his books, articles, and presentations, he shares his and others' experiences with practitioners. Bruce is a creative thinker/educator/leader who works "outside the box" as a change agent to make a difference in his chosen profession, and in people's lives. Inducted 2000.
Alan McClennen, Jr., father of two planners, is a second-generation AICP member. He has devoted the last 25 years of his professional life directing long-range comprehensive planning and implementation efforts in Arlington, Massachusetts. His work has been honored by federal, state, regional, and several professional organizations. Inducted 1999.
Ron McConnell has held pioneering management positions at the state, regional, county, and city levels and has served a wide array of public and private clients as a consultant. Most of his time is now spent as a "circuit riding" land use hearing examiner for 10 cities in Western Washington. Inducted 2000.
Mike McCormick's 30 years of planning practice in Washington State are marked by involvement in a remarkable number of programs. More often than not, he could be found working with state and local officials to make sure that the problems were understood, the solution practical, and that things were delivered. Inducted 1999.
Margarita McCoy began her career as a planning commissioner in a small town. The lessons she learned then — the imperative of participatory planning in a democracy, the wisdom of an informed electorate, and the irreplaceable treasure of a thriving natural environment — have instructed her work in planning education and practice. Inducted 2000.
Bruce D. McDowell's 42-year career evolved from the local and regional practice of planning into a research-oriented career of distinction. McDowell is one of the nation's best recognized and most highly regarded researchers and innovators on the subjects of metropolitan planning organizations, regional councils, intergovernmental relations, and the use of federal-aid programs to strengthen state, local, and regional planning. He is currently the president of the consulting firm Intergovernmental Management Associates. Inducted 2002.
Dorn McGrath, an eloquent, outspoken advocate for the integrity of professional planning, served as founding chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at George Washington University and as a president of AIP. He has also has served on many local, national, and international taskforces, committees and advisory groups, and as an inspiring teacher. Inducted 2003.
John McNamara has distinguished himself as one of the profession's leading practitioners in smart growth and transportation. His portfolio includes award-winning community planning and design, military base redevelopment, multi-modal mobility, and sustainable development projects. He teaches, lectures and is frequently invited to present his work at national and international symposia. Inducted 2008.
Judith Meany
Stuart Meck's career as a planner has involved 28 years of research, professional practice, and teaching, as well as leadership in APA and AICP. His major professional contribution has been APA's Growing Smart Project, a multiyear effort to draft the next generation of model planning and zoning enabling legislation. Inducted 2000.
Joy Mee, implementing visionary and leader who uses innovative strategies to resolve community issues, forger of multidisciplinary partnerships with unique citizen involvement, master coordinator and technical plan writer, creator of workable plans, drafter of state planning laws, and one who speaks softly but moves cities. Inducted 2001.
Dwight Merriam, nationally known as a teacher, writer, and land-use lawyer and for his commitment to APA and AICP, is an outstanding example of a lawyer planner. With more than 30 years of professional experience, Dwight has taken a major role in shaping planning and development issues throughout the country. Inducted 2001.
John Merrill is one of the pioneers of the planning profession. He was one of the leaders in the development of planning and management programs throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and led some of the first public involvement efforts in energy planning at the state and national levels. Inducted 2001.
Darrell Meyer views planning as an organic process in which the planners help a community discover and define its goals. He excels at the difficult task of persuading urban citizens to assume responsibility for managing change. And his success has brought credit both to him, and to the planning profession and AICP. Inducted 1999.
Martin Meyerson, teacher and mentor, transformed planning through his research and publications, including Planning Politics and the Public Interest and his pioneering leadership as Director of ACTION and the MIT Harvard Joint Center on Urban Studies. The first city planner to head a research university, he's held two other presidencies — SUNY-Buffalo and University of Pennsylvania — lending great distinction to the field through his example of enlightened leadership. Inducted 2001. (Deceased)
Ron Miller 's 30-year planning career is a testament to bold vision and innovative consensus building. His achievements include developing Community COMPASS, a collaborative vision of 50 governments for Hamilton County's future and spearheading the efforts to rewrite Ohio's zoning enabling legislation for planned unit development. The awards he has received testify to the excellence and innovation of his accomplishments. Inducted 2004.
J. Laurence Mintier has been a major contributor to the evolution of the theory, law, and practice of California land-use planning since the watershed years of the early 1970s. As a local planner, state official, and planning consultant, Larry has been instrumental in defining the content of the local general plan, consistency in plan implementation, the process of plan preparation, and the integration of environmental and planning mandates. Inducted 2001.
Vijay K. Mital established the City of Auburn's Office of Planning and Economic Development in 1979 which is involved with many aspects of city planning. Vijay has inspired and coordinated many successful economic development and community projects over his 30-year career in Auburn and Cayuga County. His quiet, persistent leadership has motivated all levels of government and the private sector to work together toward a common cause. Inducted 2001.
Robert P. Mitchell's career exemplifies the best attributes of a professional planner, educator, and leader. His devotion to mentoring planners, students, and citizens has greatly influenced community development in New England. Inducted 2006.
Emil R. Moncivais has been a practicing planner for more than 35 years, and a planning director for the last 12 years in Fort Worth and San Antonio. His achievements in these two unique cities include neighborhood planning, historic preservation, and economic development. Inducted 2006.
Terry Moore is better at making decisions for others than for himself. An engineer with more interest in social rules than slide rules, he converted to economics before falling to the temptation of planning. He vacillated between academia and practice, placed a foot in each bucket, and continues stumbling on problems of growth management and transportation. Inducted 2001.
Sarah More's professional leadership in APA over the past 25 years is impressive. As Arizona Chapter president and APA national board member she has been a tireless advocate for planning and has raised the level of APA's effectiveness. Her work guiding growth in Tucson and Arizona will leave a lasting legacy. Inducted 2006.
Harvey S. Moskowitz holds professional planner's license #12 in New Jersey and is a charter member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He was president of Moskowitz, Heyer & Gruel, PA, New Jersey's largest planning consulting firm. He has been dedicated to serving the planning profession at the local, state, and national levels for over 42 years. Dr. Moskowitz served as a national director of the American Planning Association and was a member and president of the New Jersey Board of Professional Planners. He has taught at Rutgers University and has written extensively on planning and zoning matters. Inducted 2000.
Throughout Bert Muhly's outstanding professional career as an urban and regional planner, innovative university planning educator, leader within his professional organization, and mayor and city council member, he demonstrated great vision, tenacity, courage, and an abiding faith in the power of an informed and active citizenry to effect beneficial change. Inducted 2000.
John Mullin, professor of urban planning at the University of Massachusetts, over the past 20 years has taught 14 courses, published approximately 100 papers, provided continuing education classes attended by approximately 500 citizen planners, obtained more than $2 million in research funds, and provided outreach/technical assistance to more than 130 communities. Inducted 1999.
Working as a municipal planner, a regional planner, and a planning consultant, Michael J. Munson has consistently been a leader among Vermont's planning professionals. He has advocated for better planning and planning tools in Vermont, and has been pivotal in efforts to implement growth centers, Vermont's unique smart growth strategy. Inducted 2006.
Norman Murdoch's distinguished 45-year career demonstrated both leadership and innovation in his work. He is best known for his work in St. Louis where he directed plans that integrated economic development and urban design into the plan for the Central Business District, and for his work in Hawaii where he integrated "sustainable" growth policies into the master plan for Makakilo. Leading the formulation of the County of Los Angeles's first comprehensive plan update, Murdoch has served as a forerunner in the field of comprehensive planning. Inducted 2002. (Deceased)
With a host of articles and books, Jack Nasar, a 25-year member of AICP, has defined and led the field of research of visual quality and applying that research to shape urban form. His work challenging traditional approaches has grabbed the attention of the public, media, and the planning profession. Inducted 2006.
Arthur C. Nelson is honored for scholarship that relates land economics and development costs to planning and land-use regulation. There are not more than two score planners who have contributed as much in research to planners' understanding of development economics, impacts of development, and growth management theory and practice. Inducted 2000.
Dick Netzer was one of the first economists to study the connection between local taxation and land-use regulation. These research efforts were integral in connecting urban economics and public finance with central planning concerns. He was the first person to develop and teach courses in urban economics and urban public finance in an academic planning program and to involve students in research in these areas. Netzer has been teaching at New York University since 1961 and is currently Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Administration at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Inducted 2002.
Thomas P. Niederkorn's stature as a community leader has been widely recognized for his ability to successfully blend the rigorous decision-making process required for good planning practice with the challenges facing government and nonprofit sector. His energy and devotion to service have particularly benefited local government and the arts. Inducted 2001.
A. Paul Norby is a master at public participation and has applied his special skill to the benefit of mid-sized communities in the Midwest and Southeast. By building trust among diverse stakeholders, he has been able to implement many creative community development plans. Inducted 2006.
Perry Norton is recovering from a stroke and is unable to be here, but he sends greetings. As the first full time Executive Director of the American Institute of Planners (1952-1957), and a member of the Commission of the American Institute of Certified Planners (1986-1990) he looks with pleasure on the opportunities he has had to be of service. Inducted 1999.
Ki Suh Park, is Design and Managing Partner of Gruen Associates, a Los Angeles-based planning and architectural firm. During his more than three decades of accomplishments, he has been honored on both sides of the Pacific. He is a planner with a social conscience, an architect with a bold vision, and a community leader with empathy. Inducted 1999.
Dean Palos's planning career has touched nearly every facet of the profession. He is a recognized leader and an advocate of building great communities through coordinated, broad, and inclusive planning. Dean has successfully steered suburban development to areas with urban services, preserving rural character. Inducted 2008.
Jacqueline Parnell is a pioneer in environmental planning. Since she arrived in Hawaii in 1973, she has had a major role in establishing environmental policy for her adopted state. She has also found the time to serve her profession and her community as a tireless volunteer, role model, and mentor. Inducted 2003.
Throughout his 36-year planning career, Robert Paternoster has consistently demonstrated a dedication to meaningful citizen participation, professional integrity, technical excellence, team-building, and creative problem-solving. His constant bias toward action has resulted in not only exceptional plans, but also better housing, stronger neighborhoods, exciting commercial centers, and distinctive public spaces. Inducted 2000.
Charles Pattison has had a career of progressively responsible public service in comprehensive planning, advocacy, environmental permitting, nonprofit management, and exemplary local and state government service from Virginia to Florida. He has proven to be a resilient professional planner willing and capable of battling for the best planning solutions for citizens and the environment. Inducted 2008.
Carl Patton's legacy to the planning profession can best be viewed by walking through downtown Atlanta. As president of Georgia State University, he has demonstrated how a distinguished scholar can leverage his prestigious administrative position and planning expertise to transform Atlanta's struggling central area into a vibrant and livable community. As a result of his leadership, downtown Atlanta is recapturing its position as the essential core of one of America's most rapidly growing regions. Inducted 2003.
Jim Paulmann's contributions to planning have resulted in projects that integrate land use and environmental concerns. The centerpiece of his work is the 10,000-acre Palmer Ranch, which was featured in the book Best Development Practices. His 25 years of experience as a professional public- and private-sector planner, elected government official, and developer have allowed him to create a new standard in environmental and economic balance for sustainable community design that benefits the public, developers, and investors. Inducted 2002.
Kenneth Pearlman has had a distinguished career as an educator at Ohio State. He has edited the Journal of the American Planning Association, and founded and edited the Journal of Planning Literature. Throughout his career, he has maintained a strong, continuous commitment to mentor and work with students and junior faculty. Inducted 2008.
Gene Pearson helped to create and for 30 years has nurtured the development of the Graduate Program in City and Regional Planning at the University of Memphis. Pearson currently serves as the director of the program, a position he has held for the past 18 years. In addition to his dedication to teaching, Pearson has an outstanding record of service to the profession, including his terms served as President of the Tennessee Chapter of APA and Vice President of the Chapter Presidents Council. Inducted 2002.
Mary Kay Peck is a leader dedicated to raising the public profile of the planning profession and to being a change agent. She made a positive impact on the communities where she has worked and on planners worldwide. As President, her personable approach led APA through membership growth and change. Inducted 2008.
Every aspect of planning in northeastern Illinois has benefited from Phillip D. Peters's participation, guidance, and expertise. Phil has accomplished this by creating opportunities for all voices to be heard, by maintaining the principles of sound planning, and promoting the use of partnerships and public/private coalitions. Inducted 1999. (Deceased)
Robert J. Piper committed his career to the art, science, and practice of planning by ensuring that environmental design, public policy, community service, and professionalism were evident in every undertaking. Always the mentor, from his private and public assignments to his nonprofit activities, his integrated approach to community improvements has truly complimented the built environment. Inducted 2000.
Pete Pointner has played a key role in directing large-scale and complex projects that have been implemented in over 25 states and four foreign countries. Pointner's planning career is notable for an interdisciplinary approach, as he has conducted projects that include environmental planning, historic preservation, downtown planning, transportation planning, architecture, and parks and recreation. These projects have received both local and national acclaim. Inducted 2002.
Les Pollock has been the epitome of a professional city planner for three decades. In practice, he has shown communities how physical planning can translate into public policy. In teaching and in his writings, he has trained generations of students and practitioners. And, as an elected official, he has instituted sensible land-use planning decisions. Inducted 2002.
Peter Pollock has distinguished himself as a scholar, teacher, planner, manager, mentor, and above all, an innovator in the community planning profession. He is a Loeb Fellow of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and was a visiting Fellow of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Peter developed the first Rocky Mountain West Planning Director's Institute in 2003. Inducted 2004.
Douglas Porter's long and successful career, as both a planning consultant and a policy analyst, culminated in his creation of a unique planning research organization, the Growth Management Institute. His publications, recommendations, and public services have advanced the science of planning and laid a knowledge foundation for the next generation. Inducted 2003.
For 36 years, David J. Portman has significantly influenced development in communities throughout New York and Connecticut. He has created planning and zoning models that have been successfully implemented and widely copied. David was ASCP president, a Pomeroy Award winner for "outstanding zoning accomplishment," and served as an expert in over 50 court cases. Inducted 2000.
Roy Potter: Never content with the status quo, his leadership expanded the frontiers of urban planning through innovation to create more livable cities. He is an effective, results-oriented professional who has had a positive impact on urban development in the United States and abroad during his 42 years in the field. Inducted 2000.
A popular speaker, facilitator, and adjunct professor at Cal Poly Pomona, Steve Preston combines professional practice, planning education, and service in equal measure. An associate writes, "Steve is extraordinary vigor, self-sacrifice, and conviction. He is value-driven, believing that planning principles make the critical differences in quality of life for people and communities." Inducted 2001.
Richard "Dick" Prosser's career, now spanning more than five decades, has left a lasting mark on both the physical landscape and the careers of others. He is a consensus builder who leads by example and has mentored numerous young planners. His visionary and collaborative approach to planning has resulted in quality communities and plans that will stand the test of time. Inducted 2008.
Rick Pruetz creates innovative approaches to growth management and has authored groundbreaking publications on the subject with his most recent book providing the most comprehensive study of TDR to date. Rick has made his mark with TDR programs in California and New Mexico. His TDR program for Santa Fe County was the first TDR ordinance adopted in the state of New Mexico. Inducted 2004.
David L. Pugh has been a champion, contributor, and innovator in the planning field for over 30 years. He has excelled as a teacher and mentor, and has been public servant extraordinaire to Texas A&M University, Texas APA Chapter, ACSP, AICP, APA, and the community. Inducted 1999.
Mary Joan Pugh has, for 20 years, distinguished herself as a "leader of leaders." Her visionary guidance has advanced the practice of planning, particularly environmental planning, at the local, regional, and state levels. Her many successful initiatives have strengthened the overall quality of planning and public confidence in the planning profession. Inducted 2001.
As a skilled innovator, educator, technology wizard, and visionary, Ray Quay is a change agent. By daring to tackle "tough" issues, creating innovative strategies, helping diverse interests find consensus, and leading teams to their award-winning best, Ray is helping to change for the better our profession and the communities he serves. Inducted 2001.
Myles Rademan is the consummate community builder and leader. His diverse planning career emphasizes public planning activities, university teaching, overseas experiences, consulting and leadership training. Myles is nationally and internationally recognized for his innovative approaches to motivating citizens, visioning, and implementation strategies. His life-long commitment as a trend-setting entrepreneur for "the public good" is inspiring. Inducted 2006.
Julianne Rankin's achievements in public-private partnerships, housing and economic development have demonstrated resourceful leadership, political savvy and technical skills for 25 years. Balancing major demands of the country's fourth fastest growing metropolitan area, Julianne has been a dynamic catalyst for improving the quality of life for Texas border region. Inducted 2004.
In his 51-year planning career, George M. Raymond has distinguished himself as a leading practitioner, teacher, and writer. In cities and suburbs, classrooms and courtrooms, before Congress and professional gatherings, he has worked to improve the human environment and protect the natural environment with fairness to all. Inducted 2000.
Robert Reiman is a highly regarded teacher and mentor of undergraduate planning students from 1975 to 1989. He was also very active in chapter affairs and community service. Although retired from teaching, he continues training local governmental staff, facilitating groups doing strategic planning, and is a county zoning administrator. Inducted 1999. (Deceased)
Randal Roark's nationally recognized 35-year planning career has been divided equally among the areas of public service, private practice and teaching and research. He has consistently demonstrated innovative solutions in the areas of urban design, smart growth, environmental planning, and public space. His has been a long and exemplary dedication to the awareness and involvement of citizens and students in the importance of their public realm, the quality of their environment, and the future of their community. Inducted 2003.
Thomas Roberts's accomplishments in city, county, and regional planning, institution building, and private consulting, his teaching and writing endeavors, and his dedicated leadership as executive director of AIP, president of ASPO, founding director of APA, and in other leadership roles over the years demonstrate an abiding commitment to the planning profession. Inducted 2000.
Harold Robertson has achieved remarkable success in regional growth management and joint city/county planning to control sprawl. His work served as a model for Washington State's Growth Management Act. Recently, Harold directed the planning for a monorail system in Seattle; and in November 2002, voters approved construction one of the nation's first urban monorails. Inducted 2003.
Jaquelin T. Robertson, Rhodes Scholar and founding partner of Cooper Robertson & Partners, was founder and director of the New York City Office of Midtown Planning & Development, and served as New York City Planning Commissioner and Dean of the University of Virginia Architecture School. A Thomas Jefferson Medalist, he was founder of the Mayor's Institute on City Design and co-author of the AIA National Growth Policy. Inducted 2006.
Gloria W. Robinson has excelled from the community to the federal level in a career built on the belief that the planning profession could transform communities and thereby transform lives. Communities and people throughout Michigan and across the nation live better lives as a result of her transforming efforts. Inducted 2004.
Sergio Rodriguez is the epitome of the American Dream. Given the opportunity to get an excellent education in the planning field, he has succeeded by devoting his professional and personal life to serve the planning profession with distinction at the local and national level through APA, AICP, and PAB, and through other related and community service organizations. Inducted 2000.
Wolfgang G. Roeseler has collaborated with city planning pioneers in the formation of current city planning practice in the United States and Europe for over 50 years. To further the profession, he established the Ph.D. in urban and regional science and the Master of Science in land development at Texas A&M University. Inducted 2000. (Deceased)
Joseph Lee Rodgers: Professor Rodgers has displayed a lifelong passion, a creative vision, and consummate skill as a pioneer in the teaching and practice of City and Regional Planning. His students evaluated him as a teacher and mentor who encouraged them to go beyond their self-imposed limitations, and they remembered him with appreciation and affection. Inducted 2001.
Marsha Rood's passion and commitment to the enhancement of urban places and livable environments have been recognized by significant awards from many prominent professional and community organizations. Importantly, the City of Pasadena has honored Marsha as a "living history maker" for her achievements in reshaping the community in which she served. Inducted 2004.
Through his early leadership as President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and Chair of the Urban and Regional Planning Department at San Jose State University for 30 years, Donald Rothblatt has helped to establish an outstanding educational program to train a generation of planners, improve planning practice internationally, and contribute significantly to research in the planning field. Inducted 2006.
Richard Rothman's distinguished career in urban design spans more than 35 years. His ardent advocacy on behalf of underserved communities, pioneering work in downtown revitalization and smart growth, and mastery of urban designs that are creative and sustainable have elevated the quality of communities in both urban and rural America. He has been recognized for his vision, expertise, and tireless work throughout the Southeast and the nation. Inducted 2006.
Janet Ruggiero's knowledge of and commitment to strong planning principles is exemplified by her achievements in legislation and successful growth management and infill programs. Her can-do attitude coupled with creativity and fairness form the basis for her successful leadership in APA. Effective organizational and people skills are her career trademarks. Inducted 2000.
David Sawicki has built new planning programs, launched one of the nations' first GIS educational initiatives, pioneered ways to elevate planners' use of analytic methods, and contributed to planning scholarship. He is Past-President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, and was just named as the new editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association. Inducted 2004.
Gary Schoennauer spent 30 years as an innovative leader in the San Jose Department of Planning and is widely credited with changing the entire planning approach in America's 11th largest city and the Capital of Silicon Valley. Schoennauer has taught core planning courses in the Urban Planning Program at San Jose State University and is recipient of APA's National Planning Award for Distinguished Leadership as a Professional Planner. Inducted 2002.
Sue Schwartz's years as a planner are filled with spirited involvement and achievement as a citizen, a professional, and an APA leader in the State of North Carolina and at the national level. Her dedication has left legacies in the areas of greenways, neighborhood planning, and social equity, and the establishment of the Fellows of AICP. Inducted 2003.
Paul Sedway is recognized for his planning innovation at local, regional, and state levels, as well as the private sector. He has imparted much of this in teaching at the University of California, and shared it with colleagues through leadership activities in professional planning and related organizations. Inducted 1999.
During his urban planning career, Dan Sefko has developed innovative, effective, user-friendly and community-embracing planning solutions for over 100 municipalities in Texas. Dan has devoted countless hours of service, consensus-building and mentoring to cities that will benefit from his time and efforts for years to come. Inducted 2008.
James A. Segedy is a planner, teacher, mentor, and champion of small town planning. His greatest accomplishment is the legacy he has left through his students. Jim has made a difference in the planning world because he has made a difference in the lives of hundreds of planning students and professionals who are making great communities happen. Inducted 2006.
Ann Shafor is a solid example of professionalism and leadership with demonstrated and exceptional accomplishment over her long career. Her impact upon tough issues — including fair-share housing, anti-discrimination, and water resources protection — has had, and continues to have, a lasting impact upon the Greater Dayton Region, the State of Ohio, and the nation. Inducted 2003.
For more than three decades, Sumner Sharpe has crafted inventive plans and planning policy. He has completed hundreds of projects, educated hundreds of students, volunteered hundreds of hours to community organizations, and held many different state and national positions in APA and AICP. Depth of experience, respect of peers, and passion for planning epitomize him. Inducted 1999.
Ron Shiffman is an innovative planning practitioner, educator, and advocate whose work spans five decades and four continents. His work reflects the belief that planning is a synthesis of reason — our capacity to understand; democracy — a belief in people; and equity — the principles of social, economic, and environmental justice. Inducted 2002.
Ronald N. Short, effective pioneer in professional positions coast to coast by creating unique, original and cutting edge products and services. Mr. Short dedicated his 40-year career to the public sector through local government. He has proved leadership commitment to APA/AICP at the section, chapter, and national levels. Inducted 2000.
Donald Shoup is an academic authority on parking and its effects on transportation, land use, cities, the economy, and the environment. He has testified about parking policies before Congress and the California legislature, and his research has resulted in state and federal legislation implementing his proposal to cash out employer-paid parking. Inducted 2004.
Throughout Marty Shukerts's 27-year career he has consistently produced plans distinguished by a unique combination of creative analysis, urban design excellence and feasibility. His pioneering work as Omaha's planning director continues to positively shape that community, while his innovative plans have improved numerous communities in Nebraska, Iowa, and other midwestern states. Inducted 2004.
Dr. David M. Siegel's involvement with APA is legendary. His work on the Board of Directors and as APA President has benefited planning across the nation and planners worldwide. Through his efforts, planners have become more aware of their impact as change agents. He has led by example through his work supporting recovery planning in Gulf Coast communities following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Inducted 2008.
Christopher Silver's 31 years of academic and professional practice in urban and regional encompass academic leadership at major U.S. and international universities. He has advanced APA/AICP commitment to our primary clients, the citizens through research and writing and has established a legacy through his mentorship of future planning professionals. Inducted 2008.
Marshall D. Slagle has served the planning profession in numerous local, state, national, and chapter development capacities. As the Kentucky Chapter's longest running president, he solidified the position of the chapter with many associated groups, thereby developing long-term relationships that will continue to enhance the planning profession in Kentucky. Inducted 2000.
Mike Slavney helps communities develop progressive visions for their future and the confidence to attain their goals. His innovative participatory approaches and growth management systems engender strong belief in the value of planning as demonstrated by several of his most recent projects in Wisconsin, including the Attain Dane! Initiative and the North Mendota Parkway Study. Inducted 2004.
Brian K. Smith has devoted his 38-year career to community-based planning, taking the residents of Pinellas County from issues, to goals, to completed projects. He has provided leadership by mentoring staff, citizens, and elected officials on creating national planning models within this unique Florida county. He is recognized as an untiring champion of trails and other quality-of-life programs in county, state, and national forums. Inducted 2006.
Herbert H. Smith enjoyed a long and distinguished career, first as a public sector planner, then as a private practitioner, and finally as a teacher. Herbert H. Smith's legacy will be his tomes of common sense, "The Citizen's Guide to Planning" and "The Citizen's Guide to Zoning." Inducted 2001. (Deceased)
Myles Greene Smith has pioneered historic preservation efforts of national importance in Savannah and along coastal Georgia. He has steered the significant resources of the Georgia Power Company in its resolve to revitalize small towns across the state. And he has helped lead initiatives to incorporate sound growth management policies in both the Atlanta region and at the state level through Georgia's Growth Strategies Commission, the Quality Growth Partnership, and Atlanta's Regional Development Plan. Inducted 2003.
Frank S. So is executive director of the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners. His major accomplishments in education and professional practice include the editing of four planning textbooks, including the "Practice of Local Government Planning", and overseeing the publication of more than 60 books on planning. Inducted 1999.
Les Solin consistently has been recognized for superior quality planning. His products promote comprehensive planning and sustainable development. Author of the AICP Professional Practice Manual and Chair of AICP professional practice, he has advanced planning and management practices by heightening visibility of ethical planning principles and technical standards of practice. Inducted 1999.
Cheryl Soon's career spans the distance from Boston, where she worked to create high speed rail between Boston and New York, to Hawaii, where she was named Honolulu's first woman Planning Director and the first woman Transportation Director. Cheryl is a forceful leader and always on the cutting edge of sustainability, rapid transit, project delivery, and advanced citizen involvement techniques. Inducted 2004.
Jeff Soule's career has followed a pattern of working to expand the role and presence of planning in public affairs. He has accomplished this in planning for the countryside and resources-based regions, in urban design, in historic preservation, as a citizen volunteer, and, currently, as Policy Director of APA. Inducted 2001.
James A. Spencer has served as a faculty member and director of The University of Tennessee School of Planning since 1968. He is best known for the Spencer reports, which significantly impacted planning school accreditation and AICP credentialing. Jim has also served his community and chapter in numerous roles. Inducted 1999.
Marvin Springer's achievements in the field of urban planning spanned over 40 years. His work with Harland Bartholomew, as Planning Director of the City of Dallas, and later as an urban planning consultant has left an indelible mark on the planning profession. His innovations and insight provided the foundation for many planning principles still in use today. Inducted 2003.
Robert Stacey has devoted his career to making Oregon's landmark planning laws work. Since 1975, as public interest lawyer, city planning director, or policy advisor, Stacey has led development of Oregon's urban growth boundaries, "needed housing" laws, and farmland protection program, as well as Portland’s transit and smart growth successes.
Peter D. Salins is one of the profession's most distinguished academic members. A member of AICP since 1978, he has served the profession as a faculty member and academic administrator, as a leading scholar and policy advisor, as coeditor of JAPA, and as Vice President of APA's New York Chapter. Inducted 2001.
Earl M. Starnes has been involved with Florida planning initiatives for the past 30 years. Starnes's early work — which includes service on the planning task force that developed the initiatives for statewide planning, land use, water management, and land acquisition and implementing the Development of Regional Impact program — serves as the cornerstone of the state's current planning program. Starnes chaired the first department of planning at the University of Florida where he is now serving as an Emeritus Professor. Inducted 2002.
Donald J. Stastny participates in the building of community, physically and culturally. Utilizing design as a strategic planning tool, he has elevated the public's understanding and expectations of our urban and rural constructs locally, nationally, and internationally. Inducted 2000.
Jay Stein is a teacher, mentor, and scholar dedicated to the education of students. He has provided visionary academic leadership as chair of two planning programs and as dean of the design college at the University of Florida. Throughout his career Jay has been an institutional change agent, supporter of interdisciplinary approaches, and an innovator in planning education and practice. Inducted 2004.
Stuart Stein is one of the rare planners who effectively blended teaching and professional work with public service. Stu has had an outstanding career as a public official at several levels of government, and is praised for his pro-bono planning and design assistance to neighborhood organizations, communities, and government leaders. Inducted 2000.
Michael Stepner's career exemplifies the essence of planning. His vision and ability have inspired students, colleagues, community leaders, and activists, resulting in an enhanced and invigorated quality of life in San Diego. His national leadership, professionalism, teaching, and example have resulted in the promotion of planning at its best. Inducted 2000.
Jill Brown Sterrett's cutting-edge approach to planning and historic preservation has made a significant contribution throughout the western United States. Of her many contributions to the planning profession, Jill served as chair of the Livable Washington Committee and was responsible for leading the review of Washington's Growth Management Act. Inducted 2004.
Bruce Stiftel has strengthened urban planning education and practice through his teaching and research at Florida State University, as editor of the Journal of Planning Education and Research, and as president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. He is also recognized internationally as the founding chairperson of the Global Planning Education Association Network. Inducted 2004.
Is Stollman has been practicing and teaching planning for 50 years. Fifty years in 50 words: Cleveland, 1948, capital improvement programming, teaching at Western Reserve; Youngstown, 1951, comprehensive plan, planning director establishing official agency; Ohio State, 1957, establishing graduate planning program; ASPO, 1968, executive director; AIP-ASPO, 1976, report on linking; APA, AICP, 1978, executive director; 1994, executive director emeritus; University of Virginia, teaching planning history. Inducted 1999. (Deceased)
Judith Stoloff has focused on planning to meet the needs of low-income communities for decent housing and self-determination. Whether as a neighborhood advocate, government staff, or developer, Judith has supported communities' vision and facilitated creative, positive results nationally for more than 40 years. Inducted 2006.
Robert L. Sturdivant dedicated 39 years to urban planning practice. He guided the development and adoption of Santa Clara County's urban development policy, which was, and still is, a working model on how to guide urban growth and protect valuable agriculture and open space. He contributed greatly to citizen diplomacy with Russia. Inducted 2001.
Ken Sulzer has spent 35 years in the varied aspects of planning; first, working in urban renewal in Boston; next, working on the Washington Metro System, later completing the first District of Columbia five-year capital improvements programs while at the National Capital Planning Commission; and then developing and implementing a regional planning program in San Diego that is a state and national model. Inducted 1999.
Vernon Swaback has combined innovative award-winning planning practice with a lifetime of assisting and encouraging government officials, the citizenry, and the development industry to view planning as one of society's greatest contributions for living in a harmony with itself and with the natural environment. Inducted 2003.
Jeff Taebel is a catalyst for environmental stewardship and sustainable regional planning. At the Houston-Galveston Area Council, he has created innovative community and environmental planning programs and formed partnerships yielding lasting regional benefits. His leadership has also contributed to successful community-driven initiatives and then development of the planning profession. He has served the profession through involvement and leadership in APA/AICP. Inducted 2008.
Robert Teska's career spans 38 years and 400 projects throughout the U.S. and abroad, including 24 years as President of Teska Associates, Inc. His practice is acclaimed for high standards of professional service, interdisciplinary perspectives, innovative approaches, and teamwork. He has demonstrated excellence as a civic leader, mentor of young professionals, and author/speaker. Inducted 1999. Inducted 2008.
A planning pioneer, practitioner, and educator, Carol Thomas has spent more than 40 years advancing the cause of planning, from New England to China. She has served APA well, including a term as President of AICP. It is proper that her distinguished influence on planning be recognized by this honor. Inducted 1999.
June Thomas has made creative and important contributions to several areas of planning scholarship, including the relationships among racial inequity, social reform, and urban planning; the role of city agencies in supporting urban community development; and the connection between spiritual leadership and the planning process. Inducted 2003.
Throughout his distinguished career, Sidney Thomas transformed the dynamics of planning throughout Georgia and South Carolina, instilling the concepts of intergovernmental cooperation, regionalism, and local comprehensive planning. His career stands as a decades-long testament that public service, which makes a difference, is not a job — it is a calling. Inducted 2001.
Paddy Tillett heads the Department of Planning and Urban Design for Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, a 320-person architectural firm based in Portland, Oregon. His contributions to planning and urban design have earned numerous awards. He is widely published, and a frequent speaker on topics related to urban planning. Inducted 1999.
Anthony R. Tomazinis: Dr. Tomazinis was described by the class of 1999 as "the most dynamic and most respected professor the department has ever seen," an outstanding mentor for the last 25 years, an innovative, insightful, and inspiring teacher. He renewed, reconstructed, and saved Penn's Department of Community and Regional Planning, transforming it into a leader in the field. He is also a respected international consultant effectively linking theory and practice. Inducted 2001.
Ken Topping has pioneered innovations in planning, citizen participation, economic development, infrastructure management, and post-disaster reconstruction. He has held professional leadership positions, authored articles, drafted legislation, taught at universities, directed preparation of award-winning plans, advised foreign governments, and has been a leader in bringing information technology to the planning profession. Inducted 2000.
Nohad A. Toulan: Founding dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University; first planning director of the Greater Cairo Region and author of many of the concepts influencing the current development of the region; directed the participation of a Comprehensive Regional Development Plan for the Holy City of Makkah in Saudi Arabia; one of a small group of individuals who drafted the original Portland urban growth boundary; a major contributor to future vision in Portland and Oregon; author of the basic concepts guiding the university's role in the community, including the development of the University District. Inducted 2000.
Joseph Tovar has empowered communities to adopt and implement innovative plans. His leadership was critical to the adoption of Washington State's Landmark Growth Management Act and in building important ongoing public and political support for planning. His groundbreaking case law decisions have added substance and clarity to the law. Inducted 2004.
Bill Towler has advanced the field of planning in Arizona through the development of innovative conservation-based comprehensive plans for Coconino County, influencing legislative policy, and collaborating with others for the betterment of the community. His contributions to open-space preservation and protection of the natural environment create a lasting legacy for future generations. He has been committed to collaborative efforts that are inclusive of a wide variety of public and private interests. Inducted 2008.
William Trimm's outstanding work with a myriad of stakeholders in both urban and rural communities has brought about positive change. His innovative approach of community visioning and plan implementation resulted in the development of the award-winning Mill Creek Town Center, his most notable accomplishment. He has advanced the state and art of planning with professional accomplishments that have been the cutting edge and transferable to other communities. Inducted 2008.
Frank F. Turner's career is devoted to planning and developing high quality, sustainable cities. His planning philosophy centers on the use of multidisciplinary teams and citizen participation to create vision and action. Mr. Turner's commitment to the profession is demonstrated through outstanding personal leadership and support of educational and legislative programs. Inducted 2000.
Stuart Turner, 38 years professional planner; contributed to the advancement of professional planning practice, the planning profession and education of aspiring planners through participation on national and chapter AIP, APA, and AICP, Boards, Commissions, and committee; high-quality and innovative comprehensive planning advice to public and private sectors including land use, conservation, housing, and sensitive representation of the public interest; advanced education of planners through teaching and participation in the accreditation process. Inducted 2000.
Richard Tustian gained national recognition for his conception and construction of one of the most comprehensive growth management systems in the United States. His achievements, in over 20 years as Planning Director of Montgomery County, Maryland, exemplify the state of the art for successful implementation of innovative planning techniques. Inducted 1999.
Dr. Elizabeth "Libby" Tyler has extensive planning practice, research, and teaching achievements focusing on the environment, public involvement, and community development. Her greatest contribution has been advocating for communities that host major universities, having led such efforts in both Berkeley, CA and Urbana, IL. Her long time service to APA has furthered the organization to represent and include a diverse constituency. Inducted 2008.
Richard Unger has demonstrated a very high degree of commitment to the planning profession and the APA organization. Rich worked in several states and has dedicated his professional planning career to community building through application of his leadership, knowledge, and experience, through training and mentoring younger planners, and finally, by taking active roles to make sure that our professional organization remains strong and relevant. Inducted 2008.
David P. Varady: Professor Varady's housing scholarship is highly regarded by his peers because of his action orientation, his ability to combine quantitative and qualitative techniques, his cross-national perspective and his realistic approach to urban problems. He has presented his research at national and international conferences and as an invited lecturer. Inducted 2008.
Lisa Verner's expertise in facilitated collaboration and understanding high-tech businesses comes from 25 years in planning. An innovator, she integrates planning and economic development and works with cities and high-tech firms to promote community growth. Lisa gives back to the planning community through educational leadership addressing growth management. Inducted 2006.
Stephen Villavaso is a land use planner and zoning pioneer with 29 years of dedicated experience. Combining the skills of urban planning and law, he has been a leader in brownfields redevelopment, zoning and solid waste management. His real world applications have been both innovative and successful in New Orleans, throughout the U.S. and internationally. Inducted 2008.
Joe Vining has been instrumental in guiding the rapid growth of a small Texas city into a sustainable community where its citizens can live and work. His promotion of citizen participation, encouragement of teamwork, and ability to implement plans are noteworthy in Texas and are key elements to his success and the success of Round Rock. Inducted 2006.
Recognized by APA as a National Planning Pioneer, Francis Violich is renowned for his contributions to both the practice of comprehensive planning, introducing American planning methods and models in Latin America. Fran is also well known for his contributions shaping the planning program at the University of California, Berkeley. As a faculty member at Berkeley, Fran has been inspirational teacher to planning students for five decades, a contribution that may be met but is unsurpassed in planning. Inducted 2001. (Deceased)
Alan M. Voorhees has been a pioneer in urban transportation planning, an influential writer on planning standards and methods, an effective president and leader of AIP, a contributor to historic preservation who was labeled brilliantly visionary, and a recipient of many honors, recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Inducted 2001. (Deceased)
Martin Wachs is a distinguished educator and academic administrator, internationally known for his scholarship, consulting, and policy advocacy in the fields of transportation planning and professional ethics. Wachs's edited book, "Ethics in Planning", has been widely used as the principal academic text on ethics for over a dozen years. He served as Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA for 25 years, where he served three terms as Head of the Urban Planning Department and founded the UCLA Branch of the Institute of Transportation Studies. Inducted 2002.
Fritz Wagner has a long and distinguished career in teaching and mentoring students, citizens, local journalists, practicing planners, and planning commissioners. As a professor and founding dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of New Orleans, he has been an activist academic-planner who has raised the level of planning awareness throughout the state of Louisiana and New Orleans metro region. Through the college, which he led for 20 years, he has transformed urban and regional planning in the state, and as a result, many comprehensive plans and smart growth initiatives are underway in the New Orleans area. Inducted 2001.
Roger Wagoner is a leader in defining innovative and strategic methods for community visioning and for achieving these visions while protecting and enhancing both the natural and built environment. His commitment features urban design applications and solutions that have received national recognition. Inducted 2000.
Roger Waldon personifies the link between planning theory and practice. Drawing on innovative ideas, his successes include the establishment of an Urban Services Boundary, New Urbanism developments, visualization techniques, shifts in transportation policy, and affordable housing in Chapel Hill. These concepts and principles are models to students and practicing planners everywhere. Inducted 2004.
Bill Wallace's innovative efforts in planning and development span more than 35 years. He was the primary implementer of Mayor Joe Riley's vision for the renaissance of Charleston, South Carolina. Most notable is his influence on the planning, development and preservation of one of the country's great historic urban treasures. Inducted 2004.
Lincoln Walther has provided outstanding leadership, innovation, passion and a strong commitment to effective public participation and collaboration in hazard planning, an extremely important, emerging planning niche, and an area in which he has been a pioneer. He has maximized the opportunity to shape many of Florida's "cutting edge" hazard mitigation initiatives. He has made, through his involvement, significant contributions to both the section and state levels of the Florida Chapter of APA. Inducted 2008.
Karen Walz has been successful in changing communities by changing planning. Building on her urban planning expertise and consensus-building abilities, including during her time as executive director of the privately funded Dallas Plan, she has created planning initiatives that involve diverse stakeholders, embrace a broad range of issues and perspectives, and result in innovative solutions for successful and sustainable communities. Inducted 2006.
From the details of urban neighborhoods to the broad scope of multi-county policy making, Larry Watts brings energy, thoughtful consideration, and new approaches to help achieve consensus among diverse groups and to get things done. He truly cares about people and is most effective helping them to influence their own environments. Inducted 2000.
John (better known as "Jerry") Weitz is a scholar-practitioner. His consulting work in plan implementation has been recognized, and he has influenced land use policy in Georgia and the Atlanta region. He is author of publications advancing the practice of growth management, including the user guide to the "Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook." He is editor of AICP's Practicing Planner (formerly Planners' Casebook) and helped elevate the stature of Georgia Chapter APA as President. Inducted 2008.
Robert Wegner's 45-year practice and promotion of city planning is exceptional. Bob's personal influence has benefited students, practitioners, and municipal officials. He trained, advised, mentored, and positively influenced them. The programs he initiated have become the foundation for planning education. His life's work has uniquely advanced the planning profession. Inducted 2001.
For more than half of his lifetime, Frank Wein has served on an AIP, APA, or AICP board in one capacity or another. In addition to serving on the California Chapter from 1980-1989, including four years as president, he was president of the California Planning Foundation (CPF) for eight years. He raises money for scholarships, serves as an AICP tutor and exam counselor, and serves on the board of a low-income housing development corporation. In addition, he manages a consulting office and teaches at the University of Southern California and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. His commitment to APA and AICP is a measuring stick for all who serve the organization. Inducted 1999.
Continuous innovation in institutions and problem types refined Louis B. Wetmore's "professional planning approach." Using consummate facilitation skills, he led the AIP through a major transformation in 1957-58. He taught planning practice through "comprehensive planning workshops," using real situations as opportunities for innovative practice and mentoring the profession's future leaders. Inducted 1999. (Deceased)
John Whalen's 33-year planning career includes numerous leadership positions in the public and nonprofit sectors, principally in Hawaii. He has volunteered tirelessly and generously to promote community awareness of planning principles and professional standards, undertaken community-based advocacy and planning initiatives, and directed projects and sustained programs assisting people in need. Inducted 2006.
Planning in Texas is better for the efforts of this special lady, Sara Jane White. Her work in cities, large and small, is testimony to her unparalleled abilities. As a planner, educator, and mentor, she is the epitome of what we aspire to be — knowledgeable, dedicated, and, above all, trusted. Inducted 2000.
David Wilcox works from 38 years of practice and experience from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles, to Adak, Alaska, and Sydney, Australia. Realistic planning for economic development results is his essential mission — in practice and in teaching. One of the hallmarks of his career was the creation of the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Inducted 2004.
Ronald A. Williamson has dedicated both time and effort to many professional and civic organizations. However, Ron's passion for and commitment to the field of planning is illustrated by his dedication to serving his profession, mentoring young colleagues, and providing planning services for scores of communities, proving that planning makes a difference. Inducted 2000.
Dr. Richard Wilson is a gifted teacher with an inspired, learn-by-doing approach that is informed by acclaimed scholarship and consulting. He is an academic leader who champions undergraduate and graduate planning education and a strong physical planning curriculum. Dr. Wilson is a caring and wise mentor to hundreds of planners. Inducted 2008.
Dennis Wilson's work throughout North America has been at the leading edge of integrating physical design with policy planning, standards and ordinances. His urban design and planning skills helped transform Toronto’s industrial waterfront into a world class destination, and as a Planning Director, led Dallas's City Center renaissance and transit-oriented development. Inducted 2008.
Dick Winchell, professor and past chair of planning, Eastern Washington University, has had a distinguishing career focused on extensive work with American Indian tribal governments, students, and communities. He has established tribal planning curricula, training, and research, and engaged tribal leaders and tribal issues in professional and academic associations. Inducted 2004.
J.D. Wingfield has a career that progressed from town to region and from public sector to private practice. His accomplishments in planning reflect the high standards set by his mentors and expected by his colleagues. Jeff Wingfield provided leadership to the Institute, service to his community, and value to his clients. Inducted 2001.
Trained as a philosopher then as a planner, Mark Winogrond's career has been California: directing the rezoning of San Francisco, Community Development Director in three other cities, city manager, strategist for universities and colleges, teacher, mentor. His core belief is that if we have moved a community incrementally to a better future than they expected, then we have succeeded and been blessed. Inducted 2004.
Arch Winter assisted numerous Southern cities in preparing plans to improve the quality of their built environment and incorporating planning into public policy making. He further used these opportunities to train young planners and prepare them for their future careers. Thus his influence has been long lasting and widespread. Inducted 2000. (Deceased)
Ben Withers's primary professional accomplishments during the past four decades are reflected in his incorporation of economic principles into urban planning assignments. He has applied traditional supply-demand analysis, together with techniques of land economics, market research, and financial analysis and property valuation, to the preparation of economically viable comprehensive plans, redevelopment programs, and implementation strategies. Inducted 2002. (Deceased)
Joel Wooldridge exemplifies the highest ideals of AICP professional practice. Humor and persistence make Joel an effective planning advocate. He has been instrumental in creating innovative programs like Albuquerque's Community-Based Planning. Joel was president of both the Texas and New Mexico Chapters, which may qualify as an unnatural act. Inducted 1999.
Richard M. Wozniak's planning career has spanned more than 50 years. He has influenced small town planning in Nebraska and influenced multiple generations of planners coming after him. He is truly a father of planning and zoning in the state. Inducted 2006.
Mark Wyckoff's career is characterized by listening, learning, innovative research, writing, teaching, editing, publishing, consulting, ordinance drafting, plan creating, problem solving, knowledge sharing, training, public and professional service, mentoring, and advocacy in a variety of planning jobs to improve quality of life and build a sustainable future for our children. Inducted 2000.
Byrnes Yamashita is recognized within military and civilian communities as an innovator in joint and strategic planning. His unique understanding of how installations support military operations has contributed significantly to the U.S. military posture in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Inducted 2006.
In all of Bruce Yoder's endeavors, he has shown by example that professional planners in the private practice of planning can not only plan and revitalize communities successfully, but they can also provide leadership in their businesses, professional organizations, and communities by promoting a very high standard of planning professionalism. Inducted 2001.
An innovative leader within APA and the profession of planning, Marie York is Co-founder, Director and Facilitator of the award-winning Florida Public Officials Design Institute at Abacoa. As a policy expert and consultant to the public sector, she is champion of social, economic and environmental sustainability. Inducted 2008.
Paul C. Zucker, peripatetic architect, planner, management consultant whose career spans coast to coast directing four major planning departments, creating a nonprofit economic development company, consulting with more than 160 clients in 21 states, teaching 3,000 planners in his short courses, authoring books and publications including his latest, "What Your Planning Professor Forgot to Tell You." Inducted 2000.
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