Alan A. Altshuler
Alan A. Altshuler | |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation | |
| In office 1971–1975 | |
| Governor | Francis W. Sargent |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Frederick P. Salvucci |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 9, 1936 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Spouse | Julie Maller (m. 1958) |
| Alma mater | Cornell University University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Professor |
Alan Anthony Altshuler (born March 9, 1936, in
John F. Kennedy School of Government.[1]
Career
Altshuler received a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago.
Altshuler became the first director of the Boston Transportation Planning Review in 1970, and from 1971 through 1975, he served as the inaugural Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation. Since 1988, Altshuler has been director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and until 1998, director of the Ford Foundation Program on Innovations in American Government.[2]
Altshuler has taught at the
Graduate School of Design.[3] At Harvard, Altshuler also served as founding director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
from 2000 to 2004.
Altshuler is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Works
- The City Planning Process: A Political Analysis, 1970, ISBN 978-0801490811
- Community Control: The Black Demand for Participation in Large American Cities, 1970, ISBN 978-0672535178
- The Urban Transportation System: Politics and Policy Innovation, 1979, ISBN 978-0262010559
- The Future of the Automobile: The Report of MIT's International Automobile Program, 1985, ISBN 978-0262010818
- Regulation for Revenue: The Political Economy of Land Use Exactions, with Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez and Arnold M. Howitt, 1993, ISBN 978-0309065535
- Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America, 1999, ISBN 978-0309065535
- Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment, with David Luberoff, 2003, ISBN 978-0815701286
References
- ^ "Alan Altshuler". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 19.
- ^ "Acting Dean Appointed for Design School | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
External links
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
 | This biography of an American political scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |