Peter Hugh John Nash

Background

Nash, Peter Hugh John was born on September 18, 1921 in Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany. Son of John Hans Joseph and Alice (Heuman) Nash. came to the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1943.

Education

Associate of Arts in Earth Scis, Los Angeles City College, 1941; Bachelor (Gruen fellow), University of California at Los Angeles, 1942; Master of Arts in Geography, University of California at Los Angeles, 1946; Certificat D'Etudes, U. Grenoble, France, 1945; postgraduate, University of Wisconsin, 1946-1947; MCity Planning (Holtzer fellow), Harvard University, 1949; Master of Public Administration, Harvard University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy in Architectural Scis, Harvard University, 1958; postgraduate, U. Cincinnati Law School, 1961-1963; honorary degree, Aligarh Muslim U., India, 1968.

Career

Principal planning assistant, Boston Planning Board, 1949-1950; senior planner, City of Worcester, Massachusetts, 1950-1951; assistant chief urban redevelopment division, Boston Housing Authority, 1951-1952; director planning department, City of Medford, Massachusetts, 1952-1956; visiting critic, Harvard Graduate School Design, 1955-1957, 66-68; associate professor city and regional planning, U. North Carolina, 1957-1959; professor, head department geography and regional planning, U. Cincinnati, 1959-1963; dean, Graduate School, U. Rhode Island Kingston, 1963-1968; professor geography and regional planning, director graduate curriculum in community planning and area development, Graduate School, U. Rhode Island Kingston, 1963-1970; dean faculty of environmental studies, U. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1970-1975; professor architecture, geography and planning, U. Waterloo, 1970-1993; distinguished professor emeritus, U. Waterloo, since 1993. Instructor Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1949-1957. Lecturer Northeastern U., Boston, 1954-1956.

Lecturer, acting assistant professor Boston University, 1956-1957. Visiting professor summers University of Southern California, 1959, 62, Aroostook State College, Maine, 1961, Graduate School Ekistics, Athens, Greece, 1967, 70, Institute Human Sciences Boston College, 1969-1970. Consultant Brookings Institute, 1960-1961, ACTION, Inc., 1959-1961, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio and Cleveland, 1967-1973.

Correspondent Ekistics, 1960-1973. Western hemisphere representative commn.applied geography International Geography Union, 1964-1976.

Achievements

• Peter Hugh John Nash has been listed as a noteworthy Geographer, educator, planner by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Participant Delos Symposion, Greece, 1967, 70, 74. Member alumni council Harvard Graduate School Design, president, 1967-1970. Member executive county, secretary-treasurer Kennedy School government, Harvard University, 1982-1987.

Chairman, Board Of Directors K/W Philharmonic Choir, 1976-1980. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Fellow American Geography Society (life), Association American Geographers (life).

Member Institute Alpine Geography, Grenoble (honorary), American Institute Planners, International City Management Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Public Administration, Canada Association Geographers, Canada Institute Planners, Regional Science Association, World Future Society (life), New England Conference on Graduate Education (secretary-treasurer 1966-1968), Association Collegiate Schools Planning (treasurer 1968-1970), World Society Ekistics (vice president 1994-1996), Sigma Xi, Sigma Nu, Kappa Delta Pi.

Connections

Married Inez Mae Frost, July 30, 1955 (deceased April 1988). Children: Carina Frost Nash Lawrence, Peter Hugh John Junior.

Father:

John Hans Joseph Nash

Mother:

Alice (Heuman) Nash

Spouse:

Inez Mae Frost

child:

Carina Frost Nash Lawrence Nash

child:

Peter Hugh John Junior Nash