Peter D. Salins

Background

Salins, Peter D. was born on June 15, 1938 in Berlin. Came to the United States, 1939. Son of Irwin and Ilse Daisy (Lessler) Salins.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Syracuse University, 1961. Master in Regional Planning, Syracuse University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1969.

Career

Chairman department urban affairs and planning Hunter College, City University of New York, 1973-1993, 96-97, professor department urban affairs and planning, 1980-1997, director graduate program in urban planning, 1993-1995, director urban research center, 1995-1997. Provost, vice chancellor academy affairs State University of New York Systems Administration, Albany, 1997—2006. Professor department political science Stony Brook University, since 1996, University professor department political science, since 2006.

Senior fellow Manhattan Institute Policy Research, New York City, since 1985. Member Planning Accreditation Board, Chicago, since 1990. Catherine Bauer Wurster lecturer University California, Berkeley, 1993.

Director State University of New York Research Foundation, 1997—2006.

Achievements

• Peter D. Salins has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator, science professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Scarcity by Design: The Legacy of New York City's Housing Policies

    (No American metropolis has intervened in its housing mark...)

  • The Ecology of Housing Destruction: Economic Effects of Public Intervention in the Housing Market

    (Book by Salins, Peter D.)

  • Assimilation, American Style Hardcover - January 2, 1997
  • Assimilation, American Style

Membership

Member planning committee American Academy of Sciences, Washington, 1971-1972. Member advisory panel White House Domestic Policy Unit, Washington, 1977. Director Citizens Housing and Planning Council, New York City, since 1988.

Trustee Lavanburg Foundation, New York City, since 1987, chairman, Landmarks Preservation Committee, Village of Baxter Estates, Nassau County, New York, 1992-1999. Member mayor's advisory commission New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, 1995-1996. Fellow: American Institute Certified Planners.

Member: American Society for Public Administration (vice president 1982-1984, Luther Gulick award for outstanding academy 1994), American Economic Association, American Planning Association 1986-1988, (policy board member since 1986, New York metropolitan chapter), Lambda Alpha.

Interests

• Golf, reading, hiking.

Connections

Married Rochelle Chensky, April 4, 1971. Children: Jessica Elizabeth, Jonathan Andrew.