Personal Interests
Urban Planning and Development, Planning and Development Politics and Policies, Urban and Regional Transportation, Urban Trends (National and International), Real Estate Development, Urban Design and Sustainability.
Military
- (Drafted, 1965-1969), Interpreter-Translator, Arabic, U.S. Army Security Agency, Ft. Meade (E-5)
- Chief of Foreign Military Training, Field Artillery School, Ft. Sill (1st Lieutenant FAOCS)
Career
- Planning Intern, Lawton Urban Renewal Authority, Oklahoma (1970)
- Planning Director, Seminole, Oklahoma (1972)
- Chief Planner, Oklahoma State Park System (1973)
- Assistant Professor Landscape Architecture, UGA School of Environmental Design (1974)
- Executive Director, Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (TMAPC) (1978)
- Vice President Development Research, Planning and Design, Williams Realty Corp. a subsidiary of the Williams Companies which developed more than $2 Billion in Downtown mixed use projects in Tulsa, Denver, Kansas City, San Antonio, and Charlotte (1980)
- President Urbantech (1988)
- Director, Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) (1993)
- Dean, UGA College of Environment and Design (CED) (1996)
- Founder and Coordinator of the new UGA CED Professional Graduate Degree Program in Environmental Planning and Design (MUPD) (2009)
- Professor CED (2018)
Education
- College work in Architecture, Business and Arabic Languages (Universities of Detroit, New Haven, Quinnipiac, and Cameron and the National Defense Language Institute-No Degrees)
- BA History-Art History, University of Oklahoma (1970)
- Master of Regional and City Planning (MRCP), University of Oklahoma (1973)
- PhD Urban Geography with research concentration in Urban Hydrology, University of Oklahoma (1977)
Awards & Recognition
- Elected to the College of Fellows in both of the Professions of Planning (FAICP) and Landscape Architecture (FASLA)
- Continues to advise a number of cities on Planning and Development matters
- Extensive work in Central America for the past 12 or so years (Member of the Board of Trustees and Chair, Building and Grounds of Escuela Agricola Panamerica el Zamorano, Honduras)




