Will and Nan Clarkson
Visiting Chair
In March 2006, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in the State University of New York at Buffalo will continue its annual tradition of hosting the Clarkson Chair, a scholar-in-residence. Through a week-long series of public lectures and seminars, hosted on and offcampus, the Clarkson week promotes interdisciplinary scholarship on a topic of current interest, and facilitates knowledge-sharing among academicians and local planning practitioners.
Given the growing importance of health issues in the planning profession, and our own faculty's research in the area, this year's Clarkson week will focus on Planning for Healthy Cities and Regions. The faculty of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning are delighted to announce that Larry Frank, associate professor and J. Armand Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transport, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, has been nominated to be the 2006 Clarkson Chair in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Frank will be in residence at the State University of New York at Buffalo from March 20 to March 24 and will give the annual public Clarkson lecture on March 22, 2006.
Previous Clarkson Chairs
- 2005 Peter Dreier
- 2004 Michael Kwartler
- 2004 Peter Zumthor
- 2003 Lars Lerup
- 2003 Gerrit-Jan Knaap
- 2001 Alan Artibise
- 2000 Mark Wigley
- 2000 Michael Storper
- 1999 K. Michael Hayes
- 1998 Robert Yaro
- 1996 Sanford Kwinter
- 1995 Patsy Healey
- 1994 Daniel Hoffman
- 1993 M. Christine Boyer
- 1992 Alberto Perez-Gomez
- 1991 John Forester
- 1990 Marco Frascari
The Clarkson Visiting Chair is an endowed visiting position awarded semiannually to a distinguished scholar or professional in the disciplines of architecture, planning, and design. This award is in recognition of excellence in the pursuit of scholarship and professional application within these disciplines.
