Background
Blassingame, Lurton Wyatt was born on March 18, 1935 in New York City. Son of Edmund L. and Catherine (Shaw) Blassingame.
Blassingame, Lurton Wyatt was born on March 18, 1935 in New York City. Son of Edmund L. and Catherine (Shaw) Blassingame.
AB, Harvard University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1968.
Assistant professor University Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1969—1972, associate professor urban studies, since 1973, assistant dean, 1972—1975, associate dean, 1975—1979, coordinator urban studies program, since 1980. Served to 1st lieutenant United States Navy, 1956-1959.
Trustee 1st Congregational Church, Oshkosh, 1984. Chairman Oshkosh Planning Commission, since 1978. Board directors Oshkosh Commercial Development Corporation, 1982—1984.
Member housing advisory committee East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, 1980—1983. Executive vice president Oshkosh Symphony, 1981—1982. Member of Microcomputers Planning, Wisconsin City Management Association (secretary since 1982), Urban Affairs Association, National Association Housing & Rehabilitation Officials, American Planning Association, Harvard (Madison).
Married Carolyn Mockridge Blassingame, August 25, 1962. Children: Wyatt, Curtis.