Robert E. Paaswell is an American civil engineer and the current Distinguished Professor at the Grove School of Engineering, City College of New York.[1] He previously served as the interim president of the City College of New York and CEO of the Chicago Transit Authority.

Education

He graduated from Columbia College in 1956 and from Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1957.[2] He received a M.S from Columbia in 1962 and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University.[1]

Career

From 1964 to 1982, he was a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he helped establish the Center for Transportation Studies and Research. He was also the chair of SUNY-Buffalo's urban planning department.[1] From 1982 to 1986 he chaired the Urban Transportation Center at the University of Illinois.[3] From 1986 to 1989, he served as the CEO of the Chicago Transit Authority, the second largest public transportation system in the U.S.[4]

From 2009 to 2010, he was the interim president of the City College of New York.[5] From 1990, he has been a director of the University Transportation Research Center at City College of New York and is now director emeritus.[1]

Personal life

He is married to Rosalind Paaswell, Chicago's first deputy commissioner for economic development and the couple have a son and a daughter.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Robert E. Paaswell". CUNY. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Alumni in the News". Columbia College Today. 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ "History of the Urban Transportation Center". Urban Transportation Center. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  4. ↑ "Guest on The Infra Blog: Robert Paaswell, Ph.D., Executive Director, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems". InfrastructureUSA. November 2010. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  5. ↑ Foderaro, Lisa W. (2010-04-26). "City College Names a CUNY Alumna President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  6. ↑ Washburn, Gary. "Robert Paaswell, the newly named executive director..." Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
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