Sigurd "Sig" Grava (September 25, 1934 – 2009) was an American scholar, professor emeritus, member of the faculty of

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, from 1960, as a professor of

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. Grava was born on September 25, 1934 in

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in Latvia.The Organizing Committee. ''Bulletin of Baltic Studies'' 1 (1): 24–26 He attended

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, graduating in 1955, and then did his master's degree (1957) and Ph.D. (1965) at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of

,Sigurd Grava. ''Baker & Taylor Author Biographies'' (1/2/2000) and was a member of the Urban Planning faculty of this school from 1960. He served as Chairman of the Columbia University Architecture School's Division of Urban Planning from 1970 to 1974, and as Director of the Urban Planning Program in 1990–1993. He published ''Urban Planning Aspects of Water Pollution Control'' (Columbia University Press; 1969) and ''Urban Transportation Systems. Choices for Communities'' (McGraw-Hill; 2003).Urban Transportation Systems. Choices for Communities
Transportation Research Board (November 25, 2008) (accessed January 1, 2025)

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