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ObituariesDr. Philippos J. Loukissas
Initially, he worked for the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and helped to formulate the Year 2000 Plan. Later, Dr. Loukissas became a faculty member of the Department of Man-Environment Relations at Penn State University, where he spent seven years. he also held a position at Rice University before accepting a Fulbright Fellowship in 1988 to teach at the University of Athens and returned with his family to the country of his birth. In 1993, he was elected a full professor in Greece and co-founded the first department of planning in the country at the University of Thessaly in Volos. He returned to the U.S. in 2001 as a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania and took up residence in Ardmore. He leaves behind his wife of 42 years, Randy; their two children; a sister; and two grandsons. Chris L. Hunsinger
Hardin County Judge-Executive Harry Berry told The News-Enterprise that Mr. Hunsinger was integral to the operations of the county and said he was a "rare find" who could effectively deal with people on both sides of a planning issue: "He had that ability to see both points of view." Murray Wanner, planning director of Radcliffe, Kentucky, told the newspaper that local planning officials looked up to him. "Chris had a lot of great ideas. He was very creative," Wanner said, and worked to implement modern planning practices within county regulations. Survivors include his wife, Kathy Houston Hunsinger; a daughter, Anna Bratta; his parents; two sisters; and a granddaughter. A memorial service is scheduled for February 26, 2013, at Memorial United Methodist Church. Donations in Mr. Hunsinger's name may be made to the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, 529 S. Jackson St., Louisville, KY 40202. Friends and colleagues may share their memories in a guest book at www.legacy.com/guestbooks/thenewsenterprise/guestbook.aspx?n=chris-hunsinger&pid=163253688&cid=full. Jerome L. Kaufman, FAICP
"No one (in urban planning) was really working on where people get the most important thing in their lives, which is food," Will Allen, founder of Growing Power in Milwaukee, told the State Journal. "He was the first to get his students to start thinking about that." "He was always interested in community engagement," his son, Dan, told the paper. "He didn't want to retreat into the ivory tower." When Professor Kaufman was inducted into the College of Fellows of AICP in 2000, he was honored for "his efforts in defining the role that ethical behavior plays in the planning profession," noting that "Jerry has now moved on to planning regional food systems, from food production through the cycle to food disposal. Jerry's efforts have always added new direction to the way planners think." Professor Kaufman is survived by his wife, Judith; daughter, Ariel; and son, Dan. Funeral services were held January 14 at Monona Terrace. Memorial contributions may be made to the Growing Power Vertical Farm, a project that will be named in Professor Kaufman's honor. Contributions may be made through the Growing Power website, www.growingpower.org, or to Growing Power, 5500 West Silver Spring Dr., Milwaukee, WI 53218, with "Vertical Farm" written in the check memo line. There is a CaringBridge website at which visitors may leave messages for his family: www.caringbridge.org/visit/jerrykaufman1. Send submissions to WebsiteEditor@planning.org. | My APA
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Dr. Loukissas was born in Athens and completed professional training as an architect at the Polytechnic University of Athens. He later came to the U.S. for graduate studies in city planning at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1978, he earned a PhD in City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. His dissertation evaluated the impact of tourism on regional development through a comparative analysis of the Greek islands.
Mr. Hunsinger was director of planning and zoning for Hardin County, Kentucky, for 32 years. He was a member of APA and the Audubon Society and was a Kentucky Colonel.
Professor Kaufman taught urban planning for 30 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While teaching and publishing research, he also played an active role in the Madison community, doing surveys and serving on city and county committees studying race, poverty, and land use, said the Wisconsin State Journal.
