Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies of Developing Areas
Directors of the program
| Lloyd Rodwin | 1967-1970 |
| John R. Harris | 1970-1972 |
| Ralph Gakenheimer and Karen Polenske |
1973-1974, Co-associate Directors |
| John R. Harris | 1974, Acting Director |
| Lloyd Rodwin | 1975-1988 |
| Alan Strout | 1988-1989 |
| Gillian Hart | 1989-1991 |
| Karen Polenske | 1991-1995 |
| Ralph Gakenheimer | 1995-1996 |
| John de Monchaux | 1996-2004 |
| Bishwapriya Sanyal | 2004- |
The Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies of Developing Areas (SPURS) is a non-degree program established in 1967 in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning by Professor Lloyd Rodwin, financed in part with a grant in international studies from the Ford Foundation. It provides an opportunity for students to spend a year at MIT studying the problems of urban and regional changes within a broad context of national development.
Prepared by the Institute Archives, MIT Libraries
1997