Author: Eric W. Allison
Bio: <b><a href="http://www.pratt.edu/academics/architecture/grad_center_planning_environment/faculty_and_staff/bio/?id=eallison">Eric W. Allison</a></b> teaches planning and historic preservation at the Pratt Institute, and is a principal of the <a  href="http://www.allisongroup.com/ericwallison/">Allison Group international consultancy</a>.  He is the founder of Pratt's historic preservation program, and has written widely on historic preservation and related topics.  He is also the author of books in diverse other fields including <i>Through the Valley of Death</i> (1983) and <i>Managing Up, Managing Down</i>, both coauthored with his wife <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/wiki/Mary_Ann_Allison" title="Mary Ann Allison">Mary Ann Allison</a>, and <i>Raiders of Wall Street</i> (1999). He is a graduate of <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a>, and holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/wiki/Eric_Allison">Shimer College Wiki</a>)