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.
Past Winners
2026: Alison Isenberg, Princeton University
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