Lave (Charles A.) papers, 1960-2008

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Summary

Title:

Charles A. Lave papers

Dates:

1960-2008

Creators:

Lave, Charles A.

Abstract:

Extent:

16 Linear Feet (16 boxes)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Charles A. Lave papers. MS-F030. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

The collection comprises the papers of economics professor Charles A. Lave, pioneer in the field of transportation economy and co-founder of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Materials document his research on mass transit, fuel economy and other areas. Materials include speeches, reprints, correspondence, notes, articles, reports, clippings, UCI teaching files, photographs, and subject files.

Biographical / historical:

Charles A. Lave was a pioneer in transportation economy and a driving force behind the social science programs at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Lave began his academic career at UCI in 1966 as one of the first faculty members in the School of Social Science. Although he spent his entire academic career at UCI, he also held visiting faculty positions at other universities, including MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, and Stanford. Lave served UCI throughout his career; he co-founded the Institute of Transportation Studies, served as faculty chair four times, and served as chair of the Economics Department four times. Lave was also instrumental in establishing UCI's faculty housing, University Hills, and served as its first chairman of the board of directors. Lave served on almost every Academic Senate committee, frequently as chair or co-chair. He served as the vice-chair and faculty representative to the design committee for UCI's Social Science Plaza buildings. Lave was also very concerned with improving students' abilities to communicate clearly and, to that end, was very active on UCI's Writing Task Force.

Lave oversaw the design and approval of UCI's Ph.D. program in Economics, followed later by its innovative Ph.D. programs in Transportation Science and Transportation Economics. An expert in energy use, he was also known for his carefully reasoned opposition to rail transit systems and the practice of reducing speed limits to reduce transportation energy consumption. Lave also played a major role in an influential National Research Council Report on the energy and safety impacts of U.S. light duty vehicle fuel economy standards.

Lave was an early proponent of interdisciplinary research and co-authored several papers with anthropologists and engineers. He also co-authored an introductory textbook on interdisciplinary social science studies. Lave remained active after his retirement from UCI in 1999. His extraordinary service and accomplishments were recognized through the UCI Alumni Association's Extraordinarius Award in 1993 and the Daniel G. Aldrich Distinguished University Service Award in 2000.

Chronology
Date	Event
1938 May	Born in Pennsylvania.
1960	Earns B.A. in Political Science from Reed College.
1966	Joins faculty of Department of Economics at UCI.
1968	Earns Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.
1975	An Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences
1976	Founding member of Institute of Transportation Studies at UCI.
1978-1981	Chairs the Faculty of the School of Social Sciences at UCI.
1978-1983	Chairs the Department of Economics at UCI.
1979	Education and Cognitive Development: The Evidence from Experimental Research
1980	An Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences
1983-1984	Chairs the Faculty of the School of Social Sciences at UCI.
1983-1987	Chairs the Board of Directors of University Hills at UCI.
1985	Urban Transit: The Private Challenge to Public Transportation.
1985-1986	Chairs the Department of Economics at UCI.
1987	Receives Pyke Johnson award for outstanding paper at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.
1987-1988	Chairs the Faculty of the School of Social Sciences at UCI.
1989-1992	Chairs the Department of Economics at UCI.
1991-1997	Serves as representative for the American Economics Association on the Board of Directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
1993	Receives Extraordinarius Award from UCI for outstanding career contribution in community service, research, and teaching.
1994	An Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences
1994-1997	Chairs the Faculty of the School of Social Sciences at UCI.
1995	Associate director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UCI.
1995-1997	Director of the Graduate Program in Transportation Sciences at UCI.
2000	Receives Daniel G. Aldrich Distinguished University Service Award, the highest honor given at UCI.
2001	Granted professor emeritus status at UCI.
2008	UCI Economics Department establishes an endowment in Lave's memory, the Charles A. Lave Paper Prize for the most Creative Modeling in Social Sciences.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Lave's wife, Bethany Mendenhall in 2008.

Processing information:

Processed by Michelle Light and Cyndi Shein in 2008.

This collection has been minimally processed. All dates are approximate.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in three series.

Series 1. Professional files, 1960-2008. 3 linear feet
Series 2. Subject files, 1971-2006. 11.2 linear feet
Series 3. University of California, Irvine files, 1972-1999. 1.8 linear feet

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Bibliography:

University of California, Irvine. School of Social Sciences. Department of Economics. "Spotlight: Charles Lave." University of California, Irvine. August 8, 2008. http://www.economics.uci.edu/?p=139 (accessed August 20, 2008).

University of California, Irvine. School of Social Sciences. Department of Economics. "Charles A. Lave, Curriculum Vitae." University of California, Irvine. August 8, 2001. http://www.economics.uci.edu/personnel/lave/lave.html (accessed August 20, 2008).

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Transportation, Automotive -- United States -- History -- Sources
Transportation -- California -- 20th century
Urban transportation -- California
Local transit -- United States
Economists.
Social scientists.
Photographic prints
Names:: University of California, Irvine. Institute of Transportation Studies
University of California, Irvine -- Faculty -- Archives
University Hills (Irvine, Calif.) -- Archives
Lave, Charles A. -- Archives

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Michelle Light, 2008; machine-readable finding aid created by Cyndi Shein, 2008.
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-06-10 19:20:03 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.