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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Regarding speculation that pressure from opposition within the GSD forced him from his post, Kilbridge says, "I am not aware of any critics of me or my policies within the department...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson and Richard F. Strasser, S | Title: Throwing Stones In Glass Houses | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

Many people in the city planning profession would tell him to hire some bright young graduates from the Department of City and Regional Planning (CRP) of Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD). But many others would insist he avoid that institution altogether. "They teach you economic analysis, not city planning, over there on the Charles," one of these critics might...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson and Richard F. Strasser, S | Title: Throwing Stones In Glass Houses | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

...controversy over the proper approach to city planning has been raging for some time, becoming more acute as urban problems worsen. Criticism has battered the CRP, whose approach is decidedly untraditional. CRP opponents complain that the GSD, under the guidance of Maurice D. Kilbridge, dean of the GSD, is turning the planner into a technocrat, skilled in economic modelling and computer analysis, but insensitive to human concerns and aesthetic problems. Their criticism of Kilbridge extend outside the CRP to what they see is an insensitivity to the other more design-oriented departments at the school. CRP officials say Harvard...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson and Richard F. Strasser, S | Title: Throwing Stones In Glass Houses | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

Maurice D. Kilbridge, dean of the GSD, announced his resignation last week, and several present and former members of the department rejoiced. However, it appears that Kilbridge gave up his post as part of a normal evolutionary process, not as a result of pressure from critics...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson and Richard F. Strasser, S | Title: Throwing Stones In Glass Houses | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

...likely time for the dean to resign is when he's under attack, "Kilbridge himself says, "It's been long enough for me, it's been long enough for the school, and I have other fish to fry." He says he will continue to teach and research at the GSD...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson and Richard F. Strasser, S | Title: Throwing Stones In Glass Houses | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

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