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Peter M. Wolf (born December 6, 1935) is an American author, land planning and urban policy authority, investment manager, and philanthropist. He lives in New York City. ==Early Biography== Peter Michael Wolf, a sixth-generation member of the Godchaux-Weis family, was born in New Orleans.〔 See Weis, 1908; Godchaux, 1971; Westerbrook, 2001. 〕 He is the author of several books, as well as the memoir, ''My New Orleans, Gone Away – A Memoir of Loss and Renewal.'' Wolf attended Metairie Park Country Day School, Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale University (BA), Tulane University (MA), and New York University Institute of Fine Arts (PhD). At Yale, he was elected to the Manuscript Society and the Elizabethan Club, and served as a board member and the publicity manager of the Yale Daily News. 〔1957 Class Book, Yale Banner Publications. 〕 During his graduate studies, he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in Paris. His doctoral dissertation was published internationally in 1968, ''Eugène Hénard and the Beginning of Urbanism in Paris 1900–1914''. In 1969, it became the basis for a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.〔 Museum of Modern Art, press release for the exhibition, ''Urban Anticipations: Eugène Hénard, 1849–1923,'' July 31, 1969. () 〕 Wolf has been awarded grants for his writing and scholarship by the Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, and the National Research and Education Trust Fund. He has twice been a visiting artist/scholar at the American Academy in Rome.〔 Roster of Residents, Visiting Artists & Scholars, May 2001 and June 2012, records of the American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy 〕 Wolf's career in urbanism began at Wilbur Smith Associates, where he engaged in land planning focused on transportation. Between 1977 and 1987 he was an adjunct professor at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He was also active as a chairman of the Board of Fellows and a trustee of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. During this period, besides independent writing and consulting, he participated in a number of IAUS studies, including: co-director with architect Peter Eisenman of "The Street as a Component of the Urban Environment" (1971–1973); co-director with professor Kenneth Frampton of "Low-Rise High-Density Prototype" (1971–1973);〔 Policy and Design for Housing: Lessons of the Urban Development Corporation 1968–1975. () 〕 and director, Union Square Redevelopment Program (1972–1973). As an adjunct professor at the Cooper Union's School of Architecture, during the tenure of Dean John Hejduk, Wolf taught classes in urbanism. During this time he authored numerous studies related to land use and open space planning, and published articles on this matter. This work was commissioned by governmental agencies, corporations, nonprofit entities, and communities, including the Office of the Manhattan Borough President, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Pan American World Airways, and private land owners across the US.〔 See Kempner Study, 1969; Sugarland Industries Study, 1970; HUD Study, 1971; Pan American Study, 1971; Lower Midtown Manhattan Study, 1972; Watervliet-Shaker Study, 1973. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter M. Wolf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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