Background
Keith, John Pirie was born on May 17, 1921 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Came to the United States, 1930. Son of Alexander Clarence and Jean Booth (Pirie) Keith.
Keith, John Pirie was born on May 17, 1921 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Came to the United States, 1930. Son of Alexander Clarence and Jean Booth (Pirie) Keith.
Bachelor, University Arizona, 1945. Master of Public Administration, Wayne State University, 1946. Doctor in Public Administration, Institute Public Administration, 1952.
Doctor Engineering (honorary), Polytechnic University, 1989. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Sacred Heart University, 1990.
Assistant to director Providence Governmental Research Bureau, 1945-1946. Dean lower school Southern Arizona School for Boys, Tucson, 1947-1948. Research associate Institute Public Affairs, University Texas, Austin, 1948-1951, Citizens Research Council Michigan, Detroit, 1951-1953.
Senior research associate National Civic League, New York City, 1953-1956. Assistant director American Society for Public Administration, Chicago, 1956-1959. Executive vice president Regional Plan Association, 1959-1969, president, 1969-1989, president emeritus, from 1989.
Senior associate Institute Public Administration, New York City, from 1989. New York director The Four World Centers Transport Study, The Stationery Office, 1998.
Member Greater Jamaica (Queens, New York ) Development Corporation, since 1989. Member City Innovation, Minneapolis, since 1989. Member executive board Encyclopedia of Environment, New York City, 1991-1994.
Fellow National Academy Public Administration. Member American Society for Public Administration (Outstanding Administrators award 1971), American Planning Association (Orton award 1989), American Political Science Association, American Institute Certified Planners, Academy Political Science, National Civic League, Association Mondiale des Grandes Metropoles (honorary, founder), Council on Transportation, New York University, since 1996, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Gamma Delta, Pi Alpha Alpha.
Married Doris Jean Clark, May 17, 1948. Childen: Janet Hamilton, Alexander Clark.
