Eric W. Allison

Education

Ph.D., Columbia University
Urban Planning and Historic Preservation, 2005

Dissertation: Gentrification and Historic Districts:
Public Policy Considerations in the Designation of
Historic Districts in New York City.

Advisor: Elliot Sklar. Committee: Susan Fainstein
(Chair) Owen Gutfreund, Peter Marcuse,
Jose Otero-Pailos, Elliot Sklar.

Corporate Social Policy Grant from Chase Bank
to fund Ph.D. dissertation research. (Awarded
three times: 1994, 1996, 1997).

M. Phil., Columbia University
Urban Planning, 1998

M.S., Pratt Institute
City and Regional Planning, 1992

B.A., Shimer College
Social Science, 1971

Doctoral Dissertation

Gentrification and Historic Districts: Public Policy Considerations in the Designation of Historic Districts in New York City

Honors
2001 - present	Fellow, Institute for Urban Design.
1998 - present	Member, Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning and Development.
1994 - present	Member, American Institute of Certified Planners.
1998	Centennial Historian of New York City. Appointed by Mayor Guiliani for contributions to the history and preservation of the city. 1998 was the centennial of the consolidation of New York City.
1993	Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Planning, Pratt Institute.
1971	Honors in Political History, Shimer College.

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