Robert M. Fogelson

Robert M. Fogelson
Born	1937 (age 86–87)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Urban Historian
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship (1973)

Academic background
Alma mater	Columbia University Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Oscar Handlin
Academic work
Sub-discipline	Urban history
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert M. Fogelson (born 1937) is an American urban historian. He is an emeritus professor of history at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[1]

Biography

Fogelson received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1958 and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1964.^[1] His doctoral advisor was Oscar Handlin.^[2] Fogelson joined the MIT faculty in 1968 and his scholarship focuses on urban history and urban affairs,^[3] including rent control in New York City,^[4] the development of suburbs and downtowns,^[5]^[6] city policing and the decline of non-profit cooperative housing.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Fogelson received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Robert M. Fogelson". MIT History. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ "Oscar Handlin, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Harvard Historian, Dies at 95 | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ Gambardello, Joseph A. (14 May 2019). "How Philly came to call its downtown 'Center City'". inquirer.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ "The 'Great Rent Wars' of New York". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ Badger, Emily; Bui, Quoctrung (2021-07-07). "The Downtown Office District Was Vulnerable. Even Before Covid". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ "The New Downtown Los Angeles | Newgeography.com". www.newgeography.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ Schuyler, David (2004). "Book Reviews: Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880-1950, by Robert M. Fogelson". Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography: 106–108. ISSN 2169-8546.
^ Seo, Sarah A. (2022-04-22). "The Deep Roots of Sexual Policing in America". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ Barker, Kim; Keller, Michael H.; Eder, Steve (2020-12-22). "How Cities Lost Control of Police Discipline". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
^ "Robert M. Fogelson". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-05-27.