John Belcher Lansing

Background

Lansing, John Belcher was born on July 11, 1919 in Geneva, New York, United States. Son of John Ernest and Josephine (Belcher) Lansing.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Hobart College, 1940. Student Columbia, 1940-1941, U. North Carolina, 1942. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1947, Doctor of Philosophy, 1949.

Career

Instructor economics and social science Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1946-1949. Member of faculty University of Michigan, 1949-1970, program director Institute Social Research, 1956-1970, professor economics, 1962-1972, chairman economics department, 1970. Author: Transportation and Economic Policy, 1966.

(with G.P. Ginsberg and K. Branten) An Investigation of Response Error, 1961.

(with Doctorate. Blood) The Changing Travel Market, 1964. (with Eva Mueller and Nancy Barth) Residential Location and Urban Mobility, 1964.

(with Nancy Barth) Residential Location and Urban Mobility: A Multivariate Analysis, 1964. Residential Location and Urban Mobility: A Second Wave of Interviews, 1964.

Automobile Ownership and Residential Density, 1967.

(with Stephen B. Withey) Working Papers on Survey Research in Poverty Areas, 1970. (with Robert West. Marans and Robert B. Zehner) Planned Residential Environments, 1970. Home: Ann Arbor Michigan.

Achievements

• John Belcher Lansing has been listed as a noteworthy educator, economist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of faculty University of Michigan, 1949-1970, program director Institute Social Research, 1956-1970, professor economics, 1962-1972, chairman economics department, 1970.

Connections

Married Marjorie Tillis, September 9, 1945. Children: John Stephen, Carol, Philip.

Father:

John Ernest Lansing

Mother:

Josephine (Belcher) Lansing

Spouse:

Marjorie Tillis

child:

Philip Lansing

child:

John Stephen Lansing

child:

Carol Lansing