Hammer, Philip G.
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Philip Gibbon Hammer (1914- ), urban economist and city planner of Atlanta, Ga., Washington, D.C., and Palm Harbor, Fla.
From the description of Philip G. Hammer papers, 1934-1988 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26243130
Philip Gibbon Hammer
1914Born 18 September in Philadelphia, Pa., son of John Levering and Emma (Gibbon) Hammer. Raised in Wilmington, NC.
1936 Received A. B. from University of North Carolina
1936-1939 Harvard University
Rockefeller Fellow in Training for the Public Service, 1936-1937
Intern on staff of Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., in Washington, D. C., 1937-1938
Littauer Fellow in Public Administration, 1938-1939
Passed general exams for Ph.D. in political economy
1939-1941 Chief, editorial section, Farm Security Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture
1941-1943 Chief, program analysis section, Farm Security Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture
1943-1944 Staff assistant to Herbert H. Lehman (former governor of New York), Director, Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
1944-1946 Staff assistant to Herbert H. Lehman, Director-General, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
1947-1950 Principal associate, Joseph K. Heyman Company, economic and business analysts, Atlanta, Georgia
1949-1950 Project director for reorganization of local government, Local Government Commission of Fulton County, Georgia
1950-1953 Executive Director, Metropolitan Planning Commission, Atlanta
1953 Executive officer, Committee of the South, National Planning Association
1953 Director of research, study of Negro schools in the South (with Harry S. Ashmore), Fund for the Advancement of Education
1954-1979 Founder, president, chairman, Hammer and Company Associates (later, Hammer, Siler, George Associates), economic consultants, Atlanta/Washington/Denver
1979-1985 Consultant in urban economics, part-time, Philip Hammer, Inc
Activities:
1953-1955 Planning Council, Atlanta Community Chest
1954-1957 Board of Directors, Fernbank Forest, Inc., Atlanta
1955-1957 Board of Directors, Southern Regional Council
1955-1957 Family Service Society of Atlanta
1955-1958 Board of Directors, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
1956-1961 Board of Directors, Atlanta Urban League
1958 Representative from Fulton County, Metropolitan Planning Commission
1958-1961 Advisory Committee, Graduate School of City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology
1959-1960 Lecturer on economics, Georgia Institute of Technology and Atlanta University
1961- Board of Directors, Potomac Institute
1964-1966 Consultant to Taconic Foundation
1965 Acting executive director, Urban America
1967-1968 President's Task Force on Suburban Problems
1967-1980 Board of Directors, Planning and Development Collaborative International
1967-1981 Board of Trustees, Clark College (Atlanta University)
1968-1969 Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission
1968-1969 President, American Society of Planning Officials
1970-1973 Commission on Governance of Metropolitan Areas, Resources for the Future
1971 Lecturer, Howard University
1972- Board of Trustees, World Wildlife Fund/ The Conservation Foundation
1972-1973 Faculty, Dag Hammarskjold College, Columbia, Maryland
1973 Member, U. S. delegation, United States-South Africa Leader Exchange Program
1973-1975 Board of Directors, Soul City Foundation
1973-1976 District of Columbia Bicentennial Commission
1973-1977 Board of Directors, Cousins Properties, Atlanta
1973-1977 Board of Directors, National Council for Equal Business Opportunity
1973-1982 Board of Trustees, National Planning Association
1974- American Planning Association Foundation
1975-1979 Representative of District of Columbia Mayor, National Capital Planning Commission
1977 Distinguished Practitioner/Lecturer, College of Business Administration, University of Georgia
1978- Board of Editors, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMENTARY Magazine
1981-1984 Chairman, Building Research Board (formerly Advisory Board on the Built Environment), National Academy of Sciences
1983-1985 Lecturer, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina
1985- Chairman, Advisory Board, Northwestern Council for Urban Economic Development (CUED) Institute for Economic Development, Evanston
From the guide to the Philip G. Hammer Papers, 1934-1988, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
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creatorOf | Hammer, Philip G. Philip G. Hammer papers, 1934-1988 [manuscript]. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
creatorOf | Philip G. Hammer Papers, 1934-1988 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection |
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associatedWith | Conservation Foundation. |
associatedWith | National Planning Association. |
associatedWith | South Associates, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.) |
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