Lave, Charles A.

Charles A. Lave was a pioneer in transportation economy and a driving force behind the social science programs at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Lave began his academic career at UCI in 1966, as one of the first faculty members in the School of Social Science. Although he spent his entire academic career at UCI, he also held visiting faculty positions at other universities, including MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, and Stanford. Lave served UCI throughout his career; he co-founded the Institute of Transportation Studies, served as faculty chair four times, and served as chair of the Economics Department four times. Lave was also instrumental in establishing UCI's faculty housing, University Hills, and served as its first chairman of the board of directors. Lave served on almost every Academic Senate committee, frequently as chair or co-chair. He served as the vice-chair and faculty representative to the design committee for UCI's Social Science Plaza buildings. Lave was also very concerned with improving students' abilities to communicate clearly and, to that end, was very active on UCI's Writing Task Force.Lave oversaw the design and approval of UCI's Ph.D. program in Economics, followed later by its innovative Ph.D. programs in Transportation Science and Transportation Economics. An expert in energy use, he was also known for his carefully reasoned opposition to rail transit systems and the practice of reducing speed limits to reduce transportation energy consumption. Lave also played a major role in an influential National Research Council Report on the energy and safety impacts of U.S. light duty vehicle fuel economy standards. Lave was an early proponent of interdisciplinary research and co-authored several papers with anthropologists and engineers. He also co-authored an introductory textbook on interdisciplinary social science studies. Lave remained active after his retirement from UCI in 1999. His extraordinary service and accomplishments were recognized through the UCI Alumni Association's Extraordinarius Award in 1993 and the Daniel G. Aldrich Distinguished University Service Award in 2000.

From the description of Charles A. Lave papers. 1960 - 2008 (University of California, Irvine). WorldCat record id: 643126242

Biography

Charles A. Lave was a pioneer in transportation economy and a driving force behind the social science programs at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Lave began his academic career at UCI in 1966 as one of the first faculty members in the School of Social Science. Although he spent his entire academic career at UCI, he also held visiting faculty positions at other universities, including MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, and Stanford. Lave served UCI throughout his career; he co-founded the Institute of Transportation Studies, served as faculty chair four times, and served as chair of the Economics Department four times. Lave was also instrumental in establishing UCI's faculty housing, University Hills, and served as its first chairman of the board of directors. Lave served on almost every Academic Senate committee, frequently as chair or co-chair. He served as the vice-chair and faculty representative to the design committee for UCI's Social Science Plaza buildings. Lave was also very concerned with improving students' abilities to communicate clearly and, to that end, was very active on UCI's Writing Task Force.

Lave oversaw the design and approval of UCI's Ph.D. program in Economics, followed later by its innovative Ph.D. programs in Transportation Science and Transportation Economics. An expert in energy use, he was also known for his carefully reasoned opposition to rail transit systems and the practice of reducing speed limits to reduce transportation energy consumption. Lave also played a major role in an influential National Research Council Report on the energy and safety impacts of U.S. light duty vehicle fuel economy standards.

Lave was an early proponent of interdisciplinary research and co-authored several papers with anthropologists and engineers. He also co-authored an introductory textbook on interdisciplinary social science studies. Lave remained active after his retirement from UCI in 1999. His extraordinary service and accomplishments were recognized through the UCI Alumni Association's Extraordinarius Award in 1993 and the Daniel G. Aldrich Distinguished University Service Award in 2000.

• 1938 May: Born in Pennsylvania.
• 1960: Earns B.A. in Political Science from Reed College.
• 1966: Joins faculty of Department of Economics at UCI.
• 1968: Earns Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.
• 1975: Co-authors An Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences with James A. March. New York: Harper and Row.
• 1976: Founding member of Institute of Transportation Studies at UCI.
• 1978 - 1981 : Chairs the Faculty of the School of Social Sciences at UCI.
• 1978 - 1983 : Chairs the Department of Economics at UCI.
• 1979: Co-authors Education and Cognitive Development: The Evidence from Experimental Research with Donald Sharp and Michael Cole. Chicago: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.
• 1980: Dutch edition of An Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences is published.
• 1983 - 1984 : Chairs the Faculty of the School of Social Sciences at UCI.
• 1983 - 1987 : Chairs the Board of Directors of University Hills at UCI.
• 1985: Edits Urban Transit: The Private Challenge to Public Transportation. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ballinger Press.
• 1985 - 1986 : Chairs the Department of Economics at UCI.
• 1987: Receives Pyke Johnson award for outstanding paper at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.
• 1987 - 1988 : Chairs the Faculty of the School of Social Sciences at UCI.
• 1989 - 1992 : Chairs the Department of Economics at UCI.
• 1991 - 1997 : Serves as representative for the American Economics Association on the Board of Directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
• 1993: Receives Extraordinarius Award from UCI for outstanding career contribution in community service, research, and teaching.
• 1994: Japanese edition of An Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences is published.
• 1994 - 1997 : Chairs the Faculty of the School of Social Sciences at UCI.
• 1995: Associate director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UCI.
• 1995 - 1997 : Director of the Graduate Program in Transportation Sciences at UCI.
• 2000: Receives Daniel G. Aldrich Distinguished University Service Award, the highest honor given at UCI.
• 2001: Granted professor emeritus status at UCI.
• 2008: UCI Economics Department establishes an endowment in Lave's memory, the Charles A. Lave Paper Prize for the most Creative Modeling in Social Sciences.

From the guide to the Charles A. Lave papers, 1960-2008, (University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.)