Robert E. Paaswell is an American civil engineer and the current Distinguished Professor at the

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. He previously served as the interim president of the

and CEO of the

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Education

He graduated from Columbia College in 1956 and from

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in 1957. He received a M.S from Columbia in 1962 and a Ph.D. from

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Career

From 1964 to 1982, he was a professor at the

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, where he helped establish the Center for Transportation Studies and Research. He was also the chair of SUNY-Buffalo's urban planning department. From 1982 to 1986 he chaired the Urban Transportation Center at the

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. From 1986 to 1989, he served as the CEO of the

, the second largest public transportation system in the U.S. From 2009 to 2010, he was the interim president of the

. From 1990, he has been a director of the University Transportation Research Center at

and is now director emeritus.

Personal life

He is married to Rosalind Paaswell,

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's first deputy commissioner for economic development and the couple have a son and a daughter.

References

External links

Who's Who in Engineering Academia: Robert Paaswell
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