WHITTEN, ROBERT HARVEY: 1873-1936.
Robert Harvey Whitten , son of William M. and Margaret Milliken Whitten, was born in South Bend, Ind., on Oct. 9, 1873, and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1896, receiving the Ph.D. degree from Columbia University in 1898. On Dec. 6, 1900, he married Elizabeth Gilbert.
From 1898 to 1907 he was reference librarian and editor of the YEARBOOK OF LEGISLATION for the New York State Library, from 1907 to 1914 he was with the New York State Public Service Commission, and from 1914 to 1917 he was secretary of the committee on the city plan and zoning commission of New York . He then spent three years as consultant for the City Plan Commission of Cleveland, O., six years with the Boston City Planning Board, and after 1934 was a consultant for the National Resources Committee and the New York State Planning Board.
He died on June 6, 1936.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Public Administration in Massachusetts; the Relation of
Central to Local Activity. New York, 1898.
- Trend of Legislation in the United States.
Albany, N. Y., 1900.
- Taxation of Corporations in New York, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Albany, N. Y.,
1901.
- Political and Municipal Legislation, 1899-1903.
Philadelphia.
- Designing a Complete System of City Thoroughfares.
New York.
- Economic Utilization of Land in City Building.
New York.
- Valuation of Public Service Corporations; Legal and Economic
Phases of Valuation for Rate Making and Public Purchase.
New York, 1912.
- Regulation of Public Service Companies in Great Britain, with
Supplemental Chapters on the Boston Sliding Scale and Toronto Auction Sale
and Maximum Dividend Plans. New York, 1914.
- The Cleveland Thoroughfare Plan. 1920.
- Atlanta Zone Plan. Atlanta,
1922.
- Regional Zoning. 1923.
- Providence Zone Plan; Report Outlining a Tentative Zone Plan
for Providence, R. I. Providence, 1923.
- Cranston Zone Plan; Report to the Ordinance Committee of the
City Council Outlining a Tentative Zone Plan for Cranston, R. I. (withC. F. Fisher). Cleveland, 0., 1923.
- Woonsocket Zone Plan; Report to the City Zoning Commission
Outlining a Tentative Zone Plan for Woonsocket, R. I.
Woonsocket, R. I., 1923.
- West Hartford Zoning; Report to the Zoning Commission on the
Zoning of West Hartford, Connecticut. West Hartford,
Conn., 1924.
- Providence Thorofare Plan. 1926.
- Research into the Economics of Land Subdivision; with
Particular Reference to a Complete Neighborhood Unit for Low or Medium Cost
Housing. New York, 1927.
- Boston Thorofare Plan. 1930.
- Neighborhoods of Small Homes; Economic Density of Low-Cost
Housing in America and England (withThomas Adams). Cambridge, Mass., 1931.
- Model Laws for Planning Cities, Counties, and States (with
others). Cambridge, Mass., 1935.
