Alan A. Altshuler
Alan A. Altshuler | |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation | |
| In office 1972–1975 | |
| Governor | Francis W. Sargent |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Salvucci |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (B.A.) University of Chicago (M.A., Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Professor |
Alan Altshuler is the Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He became the founding director of the Boston Transportation Planning Review in 1970, appointed by Governor Frank Sargent. From 1972-1975, Altshuler served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation also under Governor Sargent.
Altshuler has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University, served as Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design,[1] and Dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration at New York University. He is a graduate of Cornell University and received his doctorate from the University of Chicago.
Academia
In 2000, Altshuler was named the founding Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for State and Local Government at Harvard Kennedy School, a position he held from 1988-2004. During that time he also served as the school's founding Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, from 2000-2004.
Altshuler was named interim Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) in 2004 and remained in the position until 2007 when Mohsen Mostafavi was appointed to the position by newly elected Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust[2]. Of particular note, during his three years at the helm of GSD, he doubled the number of senior women faculty.
Awards
2004 – Best Book Award, The American Political Science Association, Urban Politics Section[3]
2003 – Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award (Transportation Research Board)[4]
Books
- Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment (Brookings Institution Press, 2003)
- Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America (National Academies Press, 1999)
- Regulation for Revenue: The Political Economy of Land Use Exactions (Brookings Institution Press, 1993)
- The Future of the Automobile (MIT Press, 1986)[5]
- The Urban Transportation System: Politics and Policy Innovation (MIT Press, 1981)
- Community Control: The Black Demand for Participation in Large American Cities (Pegasus, 1970)
- The City Planning Process: A Political Analysis (Cornell University Press, 1966)
References
- ^ Marks, Steven (June 9, 2004). "Acting Dean Appointed for Design School". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ Guehenno, Claire M. (June 29, 2007). "GSD Dean To Stay on Through Fall". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Urban Politics Section Award Winners" (PDF). The American Political Science Association. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- ^ Houston, Russell (January 7, 2004). "Harvard Political Scientist Alan A. Altshuler Wins TRB's 2003 Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award" (PDF). Press Release, Transportation Research Board. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- ^ "The Future Of The Automobile". MIT Press. Retrieved November 1, 2012.