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Myron Willard Orfield, Jr.
Orfield speaks at the Sensible Land-Use Coalition in Minneapolis in 2014
BornJuly 27, 1961
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Minnesota, Princeton University, University of Chicago Law School
OccupationLaw Professor
Notable work"Metropolitics: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability", "American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality", "Region: Planning the Future of the Twin Cities"
Political partyDemocratic

Myron Willard Orfield, Jr.

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Education

Orfield was born in

United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit and then returned to the University of Chicago Law School as a Research Associate and Bradley Fellow at the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice.[7]

Political career

In 1990, Orfield was elected as a Democrat to the Minnesota House of Representatives, where he served five terms, and to the Minnesota Senate in 2000, where he served one term. There he was the architect of a series of important changes in land use, fair housing, and school and local government aid programs. Orfield was the co-author (with Tim Pawlenty) of the Metropolitan Reorganization Act of 1994,[8] which transformed the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council into the nation's most powerful regional government.[9] His first book, Metropolitics: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability,[10] a study of local government structure and demographics, relates to these efforts.[11]

Scholarship

For over a decade, Orfield has been president of Ameregis, a national regional research firm undertaking studies involving the legal, demographic and land use profiles of various American metropolitan areas. His second book, American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality,[12] is a compilation of his work involving the nation's 25 largest regions.[13] His most recent book, Region: Planning the Future of the Twin Cities (U of M Press, 2010), co-authored with Thomas Luce, director of research at the Institute on Race and Poverty, examines the successes and failures of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council's regional planning and policy work and includes recommendations for responsible, environmentally sound urban and suburban planning.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Orfield, Jr., Myron Willard - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.lrl.mn.gov. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ Orfield, Myron. "Minnesota Law School Faculty webpage". Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  3. ^ Orfield, Myron. "Brookings Institution Experts webpage". Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  4. ^ Peirce, Neal. "Suburbs New Anatomy: What 25 Regions Show". Stateline. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  5. ^ Wheeler, Stephen. "American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality". Berkeley Planning Journal. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  6. ^ "Minnesota Legislative Reference Librarywebsite". Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  7. ^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Myron Willard Orfield, Jr.
  8. ^ Dornfeld, Steve. "House GOP Floats Plan to Restructure Regional Planning". MinnPost. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  9. ISBN 978-1-59726-585-0
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  10. OCLC 35750460
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  11. ^ Orfield, Myron. "Metropolitics: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability". Brookings Institution and Lincoln Institute for Land Policy. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  12. ISBN 978-0-8157-0248-1
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  13. ^ Orfield, Myron. "American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  14. ^ Orfield, Myron. "Region: Planning the Future of the Twin Cities". University of Minnesota Press. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
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