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Title: Charles A. Lave papers
Date: 1960-2008
Collection Number: MS-F030
Creator:
Lave, Charles A.
Extent:
16 linear feet
(16 boxes)
Languages: The collection is in English.
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: 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.
Important Information for Researchers
The collection is open for research.
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.
Charles A. Lave Papers. MS-F030. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Gift of Lave's wife, Bethany Mendenhall in 2008.
Processed by Michelle Light and Cyndi Shein in 2008.
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.
Biography/Organization History
| 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 | Co-authors An Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences with James A. March. New York: Harper and Row. |
| 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 | Co-authors Education and Cognitive Development: The Evidence from Experimental Research with Donald Sharp and Michael Cole. Chicago: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. |
| 1980 | Dutch edition of An Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences is published. |
| 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 | Edits Urban Transit: The Private Challenge to Public Transportation. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ballinger Press. |
| 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 | Japanese edition of An Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences is published. |
| 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. |
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).
Collection Scope and Content Summary
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.
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
Multiple publications were removed from this collection and cataloged separately in the library's online catalog
ANTPAC.
This collection has been minimally processed. All dates are approximate.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Lave, Charles A. -- Archives.
University of California, Irvine -- Faculty -- Archives.
Transportation studies -- 20th century -- California.
Transportation, Automotive -- United States -- Archives.
Local transit -- United States -- Archives.
Urban transportation -- California -- Archives.
University Hills (Irvine, Calif.) -- Archives.
Economists.
Social scientists.