Born in 1930, and educated at Colgate University and Yale University, Labassi served as Dean of the business school at University of Hartford, senior Vice President at Travelers Insurance Company, and President of the Greater Hartford Process, Inc., an attempt to provide a model for the revitalization of Hartford.
From the description of F. Peter Libassi papers, 1963-1977. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 374880895
F. Peter Libassi was born in New York City (1930) and received his B.A. from Colgate University (1951) and his LL.B. from Yale University (1954). He is the former President of the Children's Fund of Connecticut and former Dean of the Barney School of Business at the University of Hartford . Libassi also served as Senior Vice President of the Travelers Corporation and as General Counsel for the U.S. Department Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) and President of the Greater Hartford Process .
Early in 1969, business leaders in the Greater Hartford region organizaed the Greater Hartford Corporation . Their action was born out of the frustration of the 1960s, which had not produced coalitions broad enough or programs big enough to cope with urban blight and suburban sprawl. In their words: "The initial goal of the corporation will be the creation of a model of what Greater Hartford can be like if its people decide to make it so....The corporation will seek community adoption and implementation of the total program developed. It will undertake to bring the resources and capabilities of private industry together with the public agencies..."
One of the two new nonprofit public service corporations created as part of the process was the Greater Hartford Process, Inc. . Formed in January 1971 to examine the region, set forth the goals and the arithmatic for a better region, and design specific proposals to bring about a region the "works," the Board of Directors of the "Process" was to broaden the initial business-based effort with a coalition representing business, labor, residents, local government and planning agencies. The second nonprofit corporation was the Greater Hartford Community Development Corporation (DevCo) which was to serve as the development instructment of the "Process." According to the documents in the collection, the Greater Hartford Community Development Corporation ( DevCo ) proposed the gradual creation of a "new community" over 15 years on approximately 1,500 acres of land located in the northwest corner of Coventry, Connecticut .
See The Greater Hartford Process for futher history and details on the project.
From the guide to the F. Peter Libassi Papers, undated, 1963-1977, (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries)
