Professional and Educational

• Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning University of North Carolina, 1972

• Masters in Urban and Regional Planning University of Wisconsin, 1966.

• Member of American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).

• Member of American Planning Association, & the Michigan Society of Planning.

• Member of National Trust for Historic Preservation Forum.

• Member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy

• Member of Society of Architectural Historians

• Vice President for Planning, Alliance for Health, Grand Rapids, MI 1977-1990.

• Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin, 1969-1977

• Neighborhood Planner-City Planning Department of Madison, WI 1965-1966.

 

Expertise

• Focus group and other need assessment techniques

• Strategic and organizational analysis

• Assessing architectural and urban layout appropriateness

• Historical research

• Report and proposal preparation

 

Community Service

 • Heritage Hill Association: Master Plan Committee, 1988; Historian, 1989-present

• Former Chair of the Grand Rapids Historic Preservation Commission

• The Recuperation Center, Board Chair 1998-2003

• Member of the Torch Club of Grand Rapids, President, 1982

• Docent, Meyer May House 1987 to present

• Speaker on Prairie style architecture

• Recipient of several local Historic Preservation Awards

 

 Publications

•  Almost Lost: Building and Preserving Heritage Hill, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Traverse City, Michigan, Arbutus Press October 2004

•  Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan, Assessment of Needs of Kent County Senior Citizens, May 2000.


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