Peter Viktor Schaeffer

Background

Schaeffer, Peter Viktor was born on August 26, 1949 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Victor and Catharina M. (Sciuchetti) Schaeffer.

Education

Licencitate in Economic, University Zurich, 1975. Master of Arts in Economics, University Southern California, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University Southern California, 1981.

Career

Assistant professor urban and regional planning University Illinois, Urbana, 1981-1988. Associate professor University Colorado, Denver, 1987-1993, director urban and regional planning, 1988-1993. Professor, director division resource management West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1993—2006, director, division family consumer science, since 1993, professor division resource management, 2004—2006.

External expert Organization of European Cooperation and Development Rural Policy Review Quebec Canada, 2009. Steering committee member founding member West Virginia Community Design Team, since 1997. Visiting professor Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1999-2000.

Achievements

• Peter Viktor Schaeffer has been listed as a noteworthy Urban and regional planning educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Plan commissioner City of Urbana, 1984-1987. Board directors International Center for Tourism Planning and Design, Denver, 1993-1996. Board directors Lightstone Foundation, Moyers, West Virginia, since 1995, president, since 1997.

Member American Association of University Professors, American Economics Association, Regional Science Association (treasurer 1987-1997), Am.Agrl. Economics Association, Association Collegiate Schools of Planning.

Interests

• Avocations: literature, history, hiking.

Connections

Married Patricia Marie Dresler, June 1, 1976. 1 child, Joseph Victor.

Father:

Victor Schaeffer

Mother:

Catharina M. (Sciuchetti) Schaeffer

Spouse:

Patricia Marie Dresler

child:

Joseph Victor Schaeffer