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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Charles A. Lave papers
Creator:
Lave, Charles A.
Identifier/Call Number: MS.F.030
Physical Description:
16 Linear Feet
(16 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1960-2008
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.
Language of Material:
English
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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. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Gift of Lave's wife, Bethany Mendenhall in 2008.
Processed by Michelle Light and Cyndi Shein in 2008.
This collection has been minimally processed. All dates are approximate.
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.
| 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. |
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
Library Search.
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).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Economists.
Photographic prints
Social scientists.
Transportation, Automotive -- United States -- History -- Sources
Transportation -- California -- 20th century
Urban transportation -- California
Local transit -- United States
University of California, Irvine. Institute of Transportation Studies
University of California, Irvine -- Faculty -- Archives
Lave, Charles A. -- Archives
University Hills (Irvine, Calif.) -- Archives