History of Planning Profession

Question 1

Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago

Answer 1

1912, Walter Moody, first formal instruction in City planning below college level

Question 2

First National Planning Conference

Answer 2

1909, D.C., National Conference on City Planning and Congestion Relief

Question 3

Carrying Out the City Plan

Answer 3

1914, Flavel Shurtleff, 1st major textbook on city planning

Question 4

American City Planning Institute (ACPI)

Answer 4

1917, Frederick Law Olmstead Jr., first president. Renamed American Institute of Planners (AIP) in 1939.

Question 5

American Society of Planning Officials

Answer 5

1934

Question 6

Code of Ethics

Answer 6

1971, AIP

Question 7

First Exam

Answer 7

1977, AIP

Question 8

American Planning Association

Answer 8

1978, Merger of ACPI and ASPO

Question 9

“City Planning”

Answer 9

First issue published 1925 (predecessor of JAPA)

Question 10

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Answer 10

First published 1981