Hand, Irving

Professor of State and Regional Affairs and Director, Institute of State and Regional Affairs Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg.

From the description of Irving Hand papers, 1967-1992. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63540962

Irving Hand is Professor of State and Regional Affairs and Director of the Institute of State and Regional Affairs, Emeritus, at the Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg.

• Aug. 1972 - 1972 date : Professor of State and Regional Planning and Director, Institute of State and Regional Affairs, The Pennsylvania State University -- Capitol Campus, Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057
• 1985: Acting Director, Division of Public Affairs
• 1953 - 1964 : Planning Director, Nashville, Tennessee, Metropolitan Planning Commission
• 1950 - 1953 : Planning Director, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Metropolitan Planning Commission
• 1947 - 1950 : Member of Staff, Westchester County, New York, Department of Planning
• 1947: Master's Degree in City Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1945: Bachelor of Social Science, City College of New York
• 1945 - 1950 : Studies in Public Administration, Graduate School of Public Administration, New York University
• Course Director, nationally accredited (by American Economic Development Council), Pennsylvania Basic Economic Development Course
• Editor, Pennsylvania Economic Development -- a journal published by the Institute of State and Regional Affairs dealing with community and economic development in Pennsylvania
• Mar. 1991: Chairman, Legislative/Government Committee, Pennsylvania Environmental Council Task Force on growth Management; principal contributor to policy statement on growth strategies adopted by PEC Board
• Feb. 1991: Chairman, Land Use and Growth Management Committee, Pennsylvania Planning Association; principal author of policy statement adopted by PPA Board
• 1987 - 1987 date : Member, Chesapeake Bay Agreement Study Group, Committee on Population Growth and Land Development; one of three appointees representing Pennsylvania; produced 1989 report Population Growth and Land Development to Year 2020 to Chesapeake Bay Executive Committee
• Dec. 1975 - Dec. 1979 : Member of Pennsylvania State Planning Board
• June 1989: ASPA Award for Excellence: For Outstanding Contributions to Public Administration; by the American Society for Public Administration, Central Pennsylvania Chapter
• 1986: Award: Professional Planner of the Year; Pensylvania Planning Assoication, a chapter of the American Planning Association
• Apr. 1982: Distinguished Alumnus Award, The Graduate School of Public Administration, New York University
• June 1974: Honorary Service Award: Council of State Goverrnments/Council of State Planning Agencies
• 1984 - 1986 : Chairman, National Planning Committee, Intergovernmental Affairs Division, American Planning Association; Editor of Division Newsletter, 1983 to date
• 1981 - 1982 : President, American Planning Association
• 1973 - 1979 : Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Land Development Policy, Transportation Research Board; continued as a member of the Committee through 1987
• 1975 - 1985 : Member, Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
• 1985 - 1985 date : Chairman, City of Harrisburg Business Development Executive Council
• 1978: Member, Special Advisory committee to the Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission of Alaska
• 1975 - 1979 : Member, State-wide (PA) Advisory Committee to Pennsylvania Power and Light Company on power plant siting
• 1964 - 1966 : President, American Institute of Planners
• Member: American Planning Association; American Institute of Certified Planners; American Society of Public Administration; Task Force on Federal Flood Control Policy, U.S. Bureau of the Budget, 1965-1966; International Federation of Housing and Planning; International Society of City and Regional Planners
• Participating contributor, Local Planning Administration, Third Edition, 1959, International City Manager Association, Chicago, Illinois; numerous articles and proceedings, including publications of Transportation Research Board, 1972 Land Use Controls Annual of American Society of Planning Officials, and National Conference on Science and Technology, PA Office of Science and Technology and National Science foundation, June 1972; chapter on State policy and New Community Development in Strategy for New Community Development in U.S., Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Publishers, Feb. 1975; report on Transportation Planning, Programming and Budgeting; An Examination of State and Sub-State Regional Relationships, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania Transportation Center and Institute of State and Regional Affairs, Nov. 1975; Regional Planning: Purpose and Program, a report prepared for the Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1976; Water Quality Management Planning Training Program, a report prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, Apr. 1978; Public Participation and the Role of Advisory Groups, two monographs in a Citizen Handbook for Clean Water, prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration, 1980; Evaluation of District Planning Grant Programs, for Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1980; co-editor, The Practice of State and Regional Planning, published by the International City Management Association and the American Planning Association, 1985.

From the guide to the Irving Hand papers, 1967-1992, (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)