Leon eplan full#

Leon eplan full#

вЂњAlthough there is sadness on this occasion, we celebrate a full life that made a positive difference in the lives of many others. Then in 1979, he was named the director of Graduate Studies in City Planning at Georgia Tech, later serving as the President of the American Institute of Planners (now the American Planning Association) and winning numerous honors and awards, including SouthfaceвЂ™s 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award. He was finishing his appointment as City Commissioner of Budget and Planning under Mayor Maynard Jackson when Southface was founded in 1978.

He planned major projects like AtlantaвЂ™s MARTA rail system and created the Neighborhood Planning (NPU) program, which gives local neighborhoods a voice in development and was boldly future-forward at the time. After graduating from Emory University, a short stint in the army and marrying his wife Madalyne Buchman in 1959, Eplan had a long career as a city planner and consultant for cities all over the U.S., including dedication to his home city with a vision of an Atlanta that was more pedestrian and public-transit friendly, preserved more public greenspace and ensured access to affordable housing. Leon Eplan, longtime Southface Institute board member from 2001 to 2019 and fourth generation Jewish Atlantan, passed away on Apat the age of 92. Sarah Mundell | ApSouthfaceвЂ™s current and former presidents, Andrea Pinabell and Dennis Creech, congratulated board member Leon Eplan for his Volunteer of the Year Award.