The Laurence Gerckens Prize ($500) is awarded to an outstanding teacher-scholar who has demonstrated sustained excellence in scholarship, teaching, and leadership in the field of planning history. Gerckens (1934-2021) was SACRPH’s co-founder and guiding visionary, and he was Professor of City and Regional Planning at Ohio State University.
To nominate a candidate, one or more letters of nomination detailing the candidate’s qualifications for the award, typically written by several of the candidate’s former students, should be submitted via email to committee chair Rosemary Ndubuizu (Rosemary.Ndubuizu@georgetown.edu).
For questions about a nomination, please be in touch with committee chair Rosemary Ndubuizu (Rosemary.Ndubuizu@georgetown.edu).
Committee: Rosemary Ndubuizu (Rosemary.Ndubuizu@georgetown.edu), Rachel Weber, and Mark Rose
Past Winners
2023 co-winner: Margaret Crawford, University of California, Berkeley
2023 co-winner: Mark Rose, Florida Atlantic University
2021: Lawrence Vale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2019 co-winner: Howard Gillette, Rutgers University-Camden
2019 co-winner: Edward K. Muller, University of Pittsburgh
2017: June Manning Thomas, University of Michigan
2015: Mary Ryan, Johns Hopkins University
2013: Dolores Hayden, Yale University
2011: Greg Hise, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2009 co-winner: Eugenie Ladner Birch, University of Pennsylvania
2009 co-winner: Robert Fishman, University of Michigan
2007: Christopher Silver, University of Florida
2005: Mary Corbin Sies, University of Maryland 2003: David Schuyler, Franklin and Marshall College
2003: David Schuyler, Franklin and Marshall College