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He holds a Masters in Public Administration Harvard University and a PhD in Public Policy from George Mason University. Since retirement, he has worked as a consultant, served as chairman of the board of trustees for the Annandale United Methodist Church, and served as treasurer of the Virginia Poet's Society and the Planning for Peace Foundation."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSpecial Collections and Archives also holds other papers on the development of new towns, particularly Reston, Virginia. Also of related interest are the papers of \n                \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/pass.html\"\u003eDavid Pass papers\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Special Collections and Archives also holds other papers on the development of new towns, particularly Reston, Virginia. 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The correspondence is primarily related to New Community Development Corporation. The correspondence is also broken down into months and years that they were received.","Series 2 is compiled of reports that are dated from 1967 to 1990. The information on the reports is about different planned communities in progress. Some of the reports in this series were submitted to Congress. Also included in the series are two boxes of microfiche.","Series 3 is plans involving various planned community projects that dates from 1969 to 1992. The information in the series includes project summaries, project evaluations, business plans and project lists.","Series 4 includes information on different places that is dated from 1968 to 1985. The information is on a variety of places within the United States. Also in the series are reports on places outside the United States, such as Russia, France and Israel. The information from the foreign countries are evaluations on the planned communities in those countries. The last few boxes in this series are not just paper work instead it is census data and computer printouts from the different planned communities.","Series 5 contains information dated from 1970-1997. This series contains documents on welfare reform, homelessness, and housing and climate in the United States and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. There are also reports, assessments, and summaries.","Series 6 is a variety of histories dated from 1964 to 1983. The paperwork includes the history of Reston, administration history of different project and new planned communities.","Series 7 includes financial information that is dated from 1969 to 1983. 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