Background
Messinger, Susan Francesca was born in Vienna, Austria. Daughter of Emil Oskar and Rosl (Bauer) Messinger. came to the United States, 1938.
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Susan Francesca Messinger
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Student, University Illinois, 1940-1941; student, Temple University, 1942; Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1944; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1953; postgraduate, New School Social Research, 1945-1946; postgraduate, Illinois Institute Technology, 1961-1962.
Career
Research assistant, National Labor Bureau, Chicago, New York City, 1944-1946; archaeological assistant, University of Chicago Expedition, 1947; research assistant, University of Chicago, 1953-1954; archaeological assistant, U. Oklahoma Expedition, Norman, 1948; research analyst, Mayor's Housing & Redevelopment Coordinator, Chicago, 1954; planning analyst, assistant to deputy executive director, Chicago Land Clearance Commission, 1954-1962; city planner, director research, Department Urban Renewal, Chicago, 1962-1977; city planner, project manager, Department Planning, City and Cmty. Development, Chicago, 1978-1982; city planner, manager, Department Economics Development, Chicago, 1982-1987; senior planner, Department Planning, Chicago, 1988-1991; senior city planner, project manager, Department Planning and Development, Chicago, since 1992. Instructor Department Planning and Development, Chicago, 1992.
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Membership
Member Friends of Downtown, Chicago, Chicago Architectural Foundation, Lyric Opera, Chicago Symphony, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago. Fellow American Anthropol. Association, Society for Applied Anthropology.
Member American Planning Association (law and international divisions co-chairm program committee 1986-1987, annual meeting mobile workshop 1993), American Association of U. Women (past board directors), United Nations Association, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Society of Architectural Historians, American Statistical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, History of Science Society, Friends of America Writers, City Club of Chicago, Sierra Club, Alpha Lambda Delta.
