Background
Forstall, Richard Lothrop was born on October 8, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of James Jackson Forstall and Nellie Louise (Lothrop) Forstall.
Forstall, Richard Lothrop was born on October 8, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of James Jackson Forstall and Nellie Louise (Lothrop) Forstall.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1947.
Editorial positions Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, 1951—1952, Skokie, 1952—1958, senior research editor, 1960—1972, consultant, since 1972. Chief, population distribution branch United States Bureau of the Census, Washington, 1972—1978, staff assistant, 1978—1987, 1991—1995, chief, population distribution branch, 1987—1991. Staff researcher International Urban Research, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1958—1959.
Census Bureau representative United States Board on Geography Names, Washington, 1975—1995. Secretary Federal Committee on Metropolitan Areas, Washington, 1982—1991. Association American Geographers representative Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, Washington, since 1999.
Consultant United Nations, Statistics Division, New York, since 2001.
Member of Regional Studies Association (United Kingdom), Regional Science Association, American Statistical Association, Urban History Association, American Name Society, Association of America Geographers, International Union for the Science Study of Population, Southern Demographic Association (board directors 1992—2002), Population Association of America, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, National Genealogical Society, New England History Genealogical Society.