Obituary: David Perry, Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago

 -- "David Perry, urban planner with a passion for strengthening Chicago neighborhoods, dies at 82," Chicago Sun-Times

When I got involved in DC's Brookland neighborhood, helping them to organize a Main Street program, and later being the Main Street program manager, I was obviously attuned to town-gown issues (which I had also been interested in in Ann Arbor) because of the presence of Catholic University and Trinity College of Washington, and with Howard University close by.

I came across the Great Cities Institute around then I think, which among other projects, had a program on colleges and cities.