The John M. DeGrove Eminent Scholar Chair in Growth Management and Development
 is pleased to present the co-authors of the 2008 book

“Lessons Learned: The History of Planning in Florida”

Richard G. RuBino Professor Emeritus Urban and Regional Planning Florida State University

Earl M. Starnes Professor Emeritus Urban and Regional Planning University of Florida

You’re invited to join the DeGrove Guest Professors at the following events:

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
10:30am – 12:30pm	Meet the Authors for Lunch: Faculty Research Discussion Moderated by Efraim Ben-Zadok, John M. DeGrove Eminent Scholar Chair, FAU Located in HEC room 1110 – Lunch served RSVP to 954-762-5140 or mwilliam@fau.edu
5:00pm – 7:00pm	Meet the Authors for a Lecture: Florida Planning History Moderated by Jaap Vos, School of Urban and Regional Planning, FAU Located in HEC room 1110 - No RSVP required
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
2:00pm – 4:00pm	Meet the Authors for Dialogue and Conversation: Florida Planning Practice Moderated by Jim Murley, Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions, FAU Located in HEC 914 – No RSVP required
5:00pm – 7:30pm	Meet the Authors for a Public Lecture and Discussion: Planning Politics & Policy in Florida: Merging Past and Future featuring Bob Graham, Former US Senator and Florida Governor Moderated by Jim Murley, Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions, FAU Located at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale – Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres served RSVP to 954-762-5140 or mwilliam@fau.edu

Richard G. RuBino
Richard G. RuBino is Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University.
He was educated at Southern Illinois University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to
Florida State University (where he headed the planning program for a time), he was deputy director with
the Institute of State Programming at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, director of the
Governor's Planning Office in Vermont; and held management positions with General Planning and
Resource Consultants in St. Louis, and the Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati. RuBino has held
positions with the Florida House of Representatives, and in Australia, with the University of Melbourne,
Footscray Institute of Technology, and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He also has served
as consultant to many state and local governments. He is past chair of the American Planning
Association's Division of Intergovernmental Relations, and he chaired the State Planning Committee on
State-Metropolitan Coordination for the American Institute of Planners.

Earl M. Starnes
Earl Starnes is Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida. He was
educated in the schools of Florida including Winter Haven High School, Florida Southern College, the
University of Florida and Florida State University. He earned a bachelor of Architecture Degree from the
University of Florida and a PhD from Florida State University. He practiced architecture and planning
for 40 years. Starnes served as a county commissioner in Miami-Dade County in the 1960s, Director of
the Division of Mass Transit Operations in the Florida Department of Transportation, and Director of
State Planning in the Florida Department of Administration during the early 1970s. In 1975, he moved to
the University of Florida and served as Chair of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of the College of Architecture's doctoral program

 Space is limited. Please RSVP to 954-762-5140 or mwilliam@fau.edu.