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In Memoriam – 2004 Ernie Bonner According to The Oregonian of Portland: "From the moment he arrived in 1973 to become director of urban planning, Ernie Bonner began building a modern Portland, from Tom McCall Waterfront Park to Pioneer Courthouse Square. Up to the days just before he died ... Bonner continued the mission, trying to move the Eastbank Freeway, to connect the north and south Park Blocks, and to draw attention to the city's shortage of affordable housing." Norman Krumholz, FAICP, recalls that "in his few years in Cleveland and his more than 30 years in Portland, he transcended his professional duties and demonstrated an unceasing caring for the city and its citizens." "In the early 1970s when I was the new director of the Cleveland planning commission, Ernie Bonner was my first hire," Krumholz said. "It was a genius hire of a genius guy, one that helped shape the next 10 years of planning in Cleveland. "Ernie was a mature, street-savvy professional — an acute student of politics and planning. He was also an intense dreamer, one who hoped, against the history of the planning profession, that planning might seriously contribute to racial integration and the alleviation of poverty. "As civil rights and poverty moved to the center stage of American politics,
Ernie and the handful of new planners he helped recruit to Cleveland, began
thinking of a new era in which some planners, at least, would serve as advocates
for the poor and politically marginalized. Ernie's leadership was unique among
practicing planners of his generation — not just in his "It was Ernie's thinking that often spoke to planning students around the country, to the American Institute of Planners, to Cleveland City Council and the U.S. Congress. It was Ernie's ideas that informed The Cleveland Policy Planning Report of 1974 and its equity planning goal of 'More Choices for Those Who Have Few.' "His work made enormous contributions to the practice and theory of urban planning and his ideas still reverberate in planning seminars where students grapple with the dilemmas he faced," Krumholz said. "He was a great planner, a really decent guy and how I will miss him." Born in Logan, Iowa, Mr. Bonner earned his master's degree in urban and regional planning from Cornell University. He rose to chief planner for Cleveland, overseeing the creation of that city's comprehensive plan, which was named a National Historic Planning Landmark by APA in 2003. He came to Portland in 1973 and left as the city's planning chief in 1978. He served as a Metro councilor, as president of Sunlight Energy Systems, as a distributor of solar equipment and then as energy conservation manager for the Bonneville Power Administration. More recently, he served on the Portland Planning Commission. An archive of the city's planning achievements and processes of the 1970s may be found on his website, www.pdxplan.org. Mr. Bonner is survived by his wife, Lynn; two daughters, Kathleen Houk and Christine Bonner; and two grandchildren. Donations to Metro 7, Bonner's nonprofit umbrella for his Portland history project, are welcome.
In an obituary, The Washinton Post wrote that: While at HUD, Mr. Brace worked on the "new communities" program, an attempt to stem suburban sprawl and promote economic and racial integration in housing. He also worked on environmental research; policy development and research; and community planning and development. Mr. Brace was born in Paris to an American father and French mother. He served in the French army after the liberation of Paris from the Germans, and came to the United States in 1947. He was a landscape architecture graduate of the University of Michigan, where he also received a master's degree in regional planning. Early in his career, he was a planner in New Rochelle, New York, then became the first planning director of California's El Dorado County. In Sacramento, he was assistant to the director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation and regional planner for a mutual planning program between California and Chile. During his career and in retirement, he was a consultant and adviser to organizations and governments internationally. He settled in the Washington area in 1967 and worked briefly at the Interior Department, where he co-wrote "From Sea to Shining Sea," a report on the American environment presented to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Judith Brace of Washington, three children, and two grandchildren.
In an August 1993 article in APA's Land Use Law & Zoning Digest (now Planning & Environmental Law), "Bioregionalism: Wiser Planning for the Environment," Mr. Callahan described what bioregional planning is, traced its scientific and political roots, and surveyed bioregional planning initiatives in the U.S. and Canada. The article ends with recommendations on how to implement bioregionalism.
In the New Haven Register, friends and associates said that Mr. Callahan had "the respect of many when it came to working on projects for his job, as well as for the North Haven Inland Wetlands Commission, of which he was a member for about a decade. William Leiserson and Mark Trojanowski, members of the North Haven Inland Wetlands Commission, said that Callahan's knowledge of current techniques and the environment were unmatched. All decisions he made were made because he thought they were the right thing to do for the environment, they said. 'His legacy is going to be that he imparted the knowledge to other commissioners ... we will miss the attention to detail,' Trojanowski said." Donations in his memory may be made to the Audubon Society of Connecticut, 2325 Burr St., Fairfield, CT 06824; or The Foote School, 50 Loomis Place, New Haven, CT 06511.
When Mr. Catlin was inducted into the College of Fellows of AICP in 2001, his nominators noted that he "has spent 40 years as a practicing planner, teacher/mentor, and researcher. He has combined theory and practice, mentoring dozens of students who have gone on to become AICP members, planning directors, and private consultants. He has won recognition for his comprehensive plans, administrative skills, and published literature." He was a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. His teaching and research interests included housing and community development, planning administration, and planning and minority group communities. Among his publications are the books Racial Politics and Urban Planning: Gary, Indiana (1993) and Land Use Planning, Environmental Protection, and Growth Management: The Florida Experience (1997). Mr. Catlin was born and raised in Chicago where he attended public schools and received a bachelor of science degree from Illinois Institute of Technology. After working as an urban planner, he completed a master's degree in city and regional planning from Columbia University in New York, and his doctorate in American government from Claremont Graduate University. He began his career as an assistant professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, before moving to the University of South Florida as associate professor and chair of the Department of Political Science. He also served as professor and chair of the Department of Minority Studies for five years. Mr. Catlin was appointed dean of the College of Social Science at Florida Atlantic University in 1987. During his tenure there, he established new graduate programs in nursing and urban planning. He also created new departments in social work and health administration. Maintaining rapport with the faculty, he was selected as administrator of the year by the university-wide faculty union in 1988. In 1992, Mr. Catlin was appointed Dean of the Camden College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University. The college had 3,000 student majors and 140 full-time faculty and more than 100 part-time instructors. As dean, Catlin created a new Department of Computer Science, new graduate programs in mathematics, chemistry and liberal studies, and he coordinated the development of a charter school in a Camden, New Jersey, inner-city neighborhood. He served as provost and vice president of academic affairs at California State University, Bakersfield, from July 1999 until the summer of 2001. A funeral service was to be held at Mt. Tabor Missionary Baptist Church in Tampa on July 24.
Mr. Jackson had worked for Houston's planning department since 1991, spending the past 2½ years as chief of long range planning with the Houston Airport Systems Planning Department. He very active with the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association. Survivors include his wife, Judy; sons, Jarod, Joel, and James; his parents; and four brothers. Funeral services were held February 10, 2004, at Woodland Oaks Church of Christ in The Woodlands, Texas. The Texas Chapter of APA has established the John Jackson Scholarship Fund at University of Texas-Arlington, where he received his degree in 1978. Contributions to the scholarship fund may be sent to the TxAPA treasurer: Gary Mitchell
The Chicago Tribune reported that Mr. Kiley's "portfolio of more than 1,000 completed projects ranged from landscapes for the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston to the Oakland Museum of California. He also designed the landscape for the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Henry Moore sculpture garden at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. ... In Chicago, Mr. Kiley's finest work is the south garden of the Art Institute." The New York Times noted that Mr. Kiley's "many notable projects, often done with the great architects of his time, included the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, where he worked with Eero Saarinen; the Ford Foundation's headquarters; and Lincoln Center in Manhattan." Mr. Kiley was born in Boston in 1912, and attended Harvard's Graduate School of Design in the 1930s. After opening a Washington office in 1940, he was in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. He set up his firm, the Office of Dan Kiley, in Charlotte, Vermont, in 1951. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1997, an honor that recognizes people who have made an outstanding contribution to the arts. According to the Tribune: "He had a fresh perspective for Americans on landscape architecture," said Kris Jarantoski, the Botanic Garden's director. "His landscape was not: 'Let's not try to make it look natural like no one's ever done anything here.' He reorganized nature."
He received his B.A. in Environmental Design from SUNY/Buffalo in 1974 and an M.S. in City and Regional Planning from the University of Toronto in 1977. In his hometown of Cheektowaga, New York, he served as a volunteer member of the town's Conservation Advisory Committee and the Stiglmeier Park Steering Committee. In Western New York, he received section awards for "Distinguished Service to Section" (1994) and "Distinguished Leadership: Professional Planner" (2002). A funeral service was planned for Saturday, February 7, at Corpus Christi Church in Cheektowaga. The New York Upstate Chapter will be establishing a scholarship in Mr. Krasner's name for a graduate planning student at SUNY Buffalo where he taught. To make a contribution, please send a check made out to NY Upstate Chapter APA and referencing the scholarship: Michael H. Long, RLA, AICP
According to The Post and Courier of Charleston, Ms. Lieu was hired as city planner in 1991 and oversaw the three boards responsible for Goose Creek's zoning standards, the Planning Commission, the Architectural Review Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals. "Professionally, she made sense out of all of the planning and zoning documents in our city and was able to translate those documents to the people who came to her for help. Not only was she competent, she was very human, and treated everyone with kindness," Goose Creek Mayor Michael Heitzler told The Post and Courier. Ms. Lieu previously was a community development planner for Spartanburg County and a regional planner for the Pee Dee Regional Council of Governments. She was born and raised in Hong Kong, and received undergraduate and master's degrees from Clemson University. Survivors include her parents, a brother, and a sister. In memory of Ms. Lieu and in honor of her contributions to the South Carolina Chapter of APA and to planning in South Carolina, SCAPA is creating the Deborah Lieu Scholarship Fund. The intent of the fund is to provide an annual scholarship to a deserving student in the Clemson Master of City and Regional Planning program. Click here to download a scholarship contribution form.
According to a press release from the city, Mackay joined the city of Ventura in 2000, after an extensive planning career in Burbank, Pomona, San Gabriel, and Detroit. Known for his calm demeanor and thorough and thoughtful approach to city projects, Mackay was responsible for managing, streamlining, and contributing to planning issues such as the housing element update, downtown housing strategy, midtown design guidelines, floodplain ordinance, planning fees study, county open space, Seaside Park master plan, and farmworker housing. "Losing a member of the city family is always devastating," said City Manager Rick Cole. "It is particularly difficult when the person is one of those special individuals whose professionalism, warmth and skills leave a huge hole in the organization and in our hearts. This is underscored when the loss is so sudden and unexpected. ... He was unfailingly upbeat and positive about the changes occurring, one of those rare people who was always looking for the rainbow, no matter how big the storm." He is survived by his wife, Joanne, and a son, Phillip. In lieu of flowers, the Community Development Department requests contributions to a scholarship fund set up for Phillip's education. Please direct donations to: Phillip Mackay Scholarship Trust Fund
Mr. McCarthy served with the Department of City Planning in San Francisco for 21 years, 9½ years as Director of Planning (1947-48 and 1958-67). He once served as a member of the board of the American Institute of Planners. A third generation San Franciscan, he was a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army for 3½ years during World War II in the European Theater of Operations. According to The San Francisco Chronicle: "After the war, he returned to San Francisco to work for the city's brand-new planning department. When he took over, in 1958, his master plan drew heavy criticism from many competing interests. Mr. McCarthy favored underground freeways and restrictions on automobiles, and he opposed billboards along freeway routes. He was also not shy in his opinions and engaged in feuds with various city agencies, including the Civil Service Commission and the Board of Permit Appeals. ... The Embarcadero Freeway was constructed during his term, but he later saw it as a terrible mistake, years later calling it 'a monster.'" "Jim McCarthy was really the first professional planning director San Francisco ever had," Jim Chappell, president of the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, told The Chronicle. "This cowboy town didn't believe in planning. It came late to San Francisco." He is survived by his children, Michele Ealish Matrisian, Kevin James McCarthy, and Kian McCarthy, and three grandchildren. A funeral Mass was held February 14, 2004 at Saint Mary Star of the Sea Church in Sausalito, California. Donations may be made to Saint Mary Star of the Sea Church, Marin Home Care, or a charity of your choosing.
Dr. Roeseler was a pioneer in the field of urban and regional planning as founder of the HNTB Planning Department in the 1960s and founder of the Master of Urban and Regional Planning Degree Program at Texas A&M University in the 1970s. During his life he mentored many young planning professionals and students. As a private consultant in the early 1970s he served as a key advisor on transportation issues to former Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Charles Wheeler. For this and other contributions, he was awarded the key to the City of Kansas City in 1975. A lifelong member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, Dr. Roeseler was honored as a Fellow of AICP in 2000. He was born on March 30, 1925, in Berlin, Germany. After serving in the military during World War II and earning a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Urban Sociology and Economics, he and his wife, Eva, came to the United States, where they lived in a number of communities. Dr. Roeseler's decision to devote himself full-time to teaching in the late 1970s allowed him to foster a new generation of urban planners. During his tenure at Texas A&M, he was able to create an environment where students applied their newly acquired technical planning skills to solve real-life problems in many communities throughout Texas. Dr. Roeseler retired as Professor Emeritus in 1990. He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who in Commerce and Industry. Dr. Roeseler is survived by his wife, Eva, two daughters, and a son. Memorial services were held January 13, 2004. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to either the Alzheimer's Association, Heart of America Chapter, 3846 West 75th Street, Prairie Village, KS 66208, or to Heartland Therapeutic Riding Inc., PO Box 391, 19655 Antioch, Stilwell, KS 66085.
According to the Palm Beach Post, Mr. Skokowski was the son of post-war immigrant parents and a native of Chicago. He received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Illinois and a master's in urban design from North Carolina State University/University of North Carolina. He moved to West Palm Beach in 1973 and founded the planning firm Urban Design Studio. Major Florida projects on which Mr. Skokowski was a design and planning consultant include PGA National, Martin Downs, The Palm Beach Park of Commerce, Gleneagles, The Polo Club of Boca Raton, Breakers West, BallenIsles, Mirasol, and Ocean Ridge Design Guidelines. He served on state and local American Planning Association committees and conferences, was a past-president of the Palm Beach County Planning Congress, and served on numerous task forces, forums and steering committees on neighborhood, local, and regional planning issues. Mr. Skokowski is survived by two children, Lisa and Brian; his mother; and two brothers. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to: The Hank Skokowski Art in Public Places Memorial Fund, Boose Casey Ciklin, et al. Trust Account, c/o Richard B. Crum, CPA, 515 N. Flagler Drive, Suite 1900, West Palm Beach, FL 33401.
Acording to the book listing on Amazon, the book tells of Mr. Tamir's "participation in the French Resistance during World War II, his time as a political prisoner, and his escape. Some of his activities in urban planning are reflected in his numerous comments in the pages of The New York Times, with whom he once clashed over freedom of speech. Most of his opinions touch upon the growth of, and the uncontrolled congestion in, New York City, upon the World Trade Center, the United Nations headquarters, and related topics."
Mr. Tedford was also chairman of the executive committee of Geographic Information Systems. Funeral services were held January 2, 2005. In addition to his parents of Allison Park, Pennsylvania, survivors include his wife, Mary McCord Tedford; daughter Sarah Jean Tedford of Lexington, Kentucky; and a sister, Neta J. Budkowski of Marion, Ohio. Memorial contributions may be made to the Service Committee, First Presbyterian Church, 313 Main St., Clarksville, TN 37040.
Born in 1937, in East Chicago, Indiana, Mr. Trenka first worked as a planner in Nassau County, New York. He moved to Colorado in the mid-1960s and worked as a senior planner and then assistant planning director for Arapahoe County. In 1967, he was named planning director for Boulder County, a position he held for five years. In 1972, he resigned to join the Denver real estate firm of Fuller and Co., where he headed the Investment Management of Commercial Real Estate group. In 1974, Mr. Trenka was elected to the Boulder City Council and served as deputy mayor through 1979. Most recently, he headed a real estate company, Trenka and Associates. He is survived by his wife, Sandra; two sons, Mark and Mathew; a daughter, Pamela Pennington; two brothers and a sister; and six grandchildren. A memorial service was held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Boulder. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Building Fund or Parker Valley Hope, Parker.
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1st Lt. Wilkins had been in Iraq since February 2004 as an officer in the Ohio Army National Guard's 216th Engineering Battalion. He has enlisted in the Air Force after high school graduation and joined the Army National Guard after leaving the Air Force. According to the Associated Press:
Planner colleagues in Ohio remember Lt. Wilkins as a dedicated public servant who understood the need for and meaning of planning. Before being deployed to Iraq, he was a Transportation Planner with the Federal Highway Administration, a Capital Law School student, and volunteer for the Habitat for Humanity. Fairfield County Engineer Frank Anderson told the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette that he worked closely with Charles Wilkins. "We had worked together on a number of issues," Anderson said. "I literally cried when I heard he had been killed over there." Anderson told the paper that Lt. Wilkins was liked by everyone he came in contact with. "He was a delightful person," Anderson said. "On Sunday, I asked my church members to remember him and his family in their prayers. He was a real nice guy and we are going to miss him greatly." Lt. Wilkins is survived by his parents, a grandmother, two sisters, a niece, a nephew, and a host of friends and relatives. Funeral services were to be held at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, where Lt. Wilkins was a parishioner. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to The American Red Cross.
Mr. Wylie was a past California board member of the American Society of Consulting Planners. In addition to his professional associations, he served on numerous civic and community boards, and was a past Senior Warden of St. John's Episcopal Church in Ross, California. A native of Wichita Falls, Texas, and a graduate of the University of Texas, Austin, Wylie is survived by his daughter, Lauren Wylie, of Los Angeles, and his brother, Don Wylie, of Arlington, Texas. A memorial service was held in Phoenix, and a second memorial will be held in Ross, Calfornia, at St. John's Episcopal Church on April 3, 2004. In lieu of flowers, it is requested that gifts be made to Episcopal Community Services, 165 Eighth St., San Francisco, CA 94103.
Mr. Yoshioka was a lifelong resident of Seattle. He was a veteran of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, and received his B.A. in Architecture and M.A. in Urban Planning from the University of Washington. He is survived by his wife Sumi, sons Tom and Steve, daughters Ann and Lynn, and three grandchildren. A memorial service was held at Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church on January 26, 2004. Remembrances may be made to the Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church Centennial Fund or the charity of your choosing.
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Mr.
Callahan received a bachelor's degree from Colorado State University and his
master's degree in planning from the University of Massachusetts in 1985. He
worked as an environmental analyst for Robinson & Cole for 17 years. His
widow, Mimi M. Lines, is a lawyer at the same firm. He is also survived by
a daughter, Julia. 
Mr.
Krasner was a practicing planner for 25 years in the public, private, and academic
sectors. He served the Erie County Division of Planning since 1986 and was
a Senior Planner. He was a charter member of APA and had been a member of AICP
since 1980. He was an adjunct professor at the SUNY/Buffalo Department of Urban
and Regional Planning. Mr. Krasner was also a member of the Planning Accreditation
Board's Site Visitor Pool, drawing recent assignments to Cal Poly, San Luis
Obispo, and East Carolina University. 
Chuck
Wilkins, 38, an Ohio AICP member and transportation planner, was killed
August 20, 2004, in Iraq where he was serving with the Ohio National Guard.
The Associated Press reported he was killed near Samarra north of Baghdad
when a homemade bomb went off near the Hummer he was riding in.
Mr. Wylie gained significant recognition for his work in São Paulo,
Brazil, directing preparation for the Basic Urban Plan for São Paulo.
As a former vice president of Bechtel International, Inc. in San Francisco,
he directed major new community, resort and industrial development projects
throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Latin America. He was
also a former owner of a major planning, architecture and interior space planning
and design firm in San Francisco and a senior management consultant to such
major engineering and construction firms as the Ralph M. Parsons Company, CRS,
Inc. and Kaiser Engineers. At the time of his death he was an urban planning
consultant for Surprise, Arizona.
