He was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. on April 14, 1947. He holds the following degrees: a bachelor of arts in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin (U.S.A.) in 1968; a juris doctor in law from Northwester
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He was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. on April 14, 1947. He holds the following degrees: a bachelor of arts in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin (U.S.A.) in 1968; a juris doctor in law from Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (U.S.A.) in 1971; and a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison-Wisconsin (U.S.A.) in 1980.
He has been the program chairman of the Graduate Program in Urban
Planning at the University of Kansas, Chairman of the Department of Urban Planning at Jackson State University. He has taught at Indiana University-Bloomington, Queen’s University (Belfast, Northern Ireland), Dortmund University (Germany) and Babes-Bolyai University (Romania). He is currently the director of master’s programs, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (U.S.A.). He has specialized in evaluating the application of legal principles to urban planning policy choices.
Dr. Strauss is a member of the Academic Advisory Council for Signage Research and Education (A.A.C.S.R.E.), the American Institute of Certified Planners (A.I.C.P.) and the State Bar of Kansas. He has been a Fulbright Specialist to Panama City, Panama.
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