Three past Presidents of the American Planning Association are graduates of the University of Oklahoma Regional & City Planning program.
Our city planning graduates have received prestigious appointments such as U.S. Presidential Management Interns.
Founded in 1947, the regional and city planning program at the University of Oklahoma is one of the oldest in the U.S.
Program faculty have Ph.D.s from nationally recognized universities.
Alumni Joseph Lee Rodgers, Jr. (1949), James Duncan (1963), Ron Short (1967), Bruce McClendon (1972), and Jack Crowley (1972), have been inducted as Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP).
Alumni have held important positions in national and regional planning organizations, such as Mike Southard as Southern AICP commissioner.
RCPL alumni have served as planning directors in some of the nation's most important cities including Austin, Boulder, Fort Worth, Las Vegas, San Jose, Oklahoma City, and Phoenix, and regional entities in Palm Beach, Albuquerque, Tulsa, and Chicago.
Alumni have been appointed to significant academic positions such as Dean of Environmental Design at the University of Georgia.