Résumé

Perloff joined the US Army as an enlisted man, 07/13/1943 in VA. He was stationed at Fort Myer, Arlington, VA, in 1943. Perloff served in the US Army between 07/19/193 and 11/09/1944 within the US, and between 11/10/1944 and 01/28/1946 in foreign service. He also served in the Army between 01/29/1946 and 02/02/1946 in domestic service. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, accessed 02/10/2026.)

Teaching

Assistant/Associate Professor, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1947-1955;

Dean, University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 1968-1983.

Professional Activities

Director, Resources for the Future, Incorporated.

Appointed by President John F. Kennedy to the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress.

Chairman, Committee on National Urban Policy, 1981.

During his nearly 40 year career, Perloff wrote 17 books, most on urban planning and urban planning education. In 1957, the Architectural Record called his book, Education for Planning: City, State and Regional (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1957) "required reading." (See "Required Reading," Architectural Record, vol. 122, no. 6, 12/1957, p. 324.)

Professional Awards

Recipient, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Distinguished Service Award, 1983. (The periodical, LA Architect, reported in its 02/1983 issue: "Harvey Perloff, dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, has won the first award for distinguished service to planning education given by he Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Perloff began his teaching career in 1947 at the University of Chicago and has been dean of the UCLA school since 1968." See "Cornerstones," LA Architect, vol. 10, no. 2, 02/1983, p. 2.)

The University of California, Los Angeles, Charles E. Young Research Library, Department of Special Collections maintained Perloff's papers. (See Online Archive of California, "Finding Aid for the Harvey S. Perloff Papers, 1966-1977,"Accessed 10/13/2011.)

Relocation

Born as "Hymen Nemirowski" in Kiev, USSR, Perloff immigrated to the US with his parents from Antwerp, Belgium on 06/26/1922 aboard the American Lines' USS Kroonland.

In 1938, He listed his parent's residence at 3438 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, as his address. His parents continued to reside here in 1943.

In 1950-1951, he and his wife Miriam lived at 5021 Drexel Boulevard, Chicago, IL. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, accessed 02/10/2026.)

Parents

His mother's maiden name was Kahn.

Spouse

Perloff married Miriam (Mimi) Perloff (born in NY) before 1951.

Children

Jeffrey M. Perloff had been born in Chicago, IL, to Harvey and Miriam before 1951. Jeffrey became a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1972 and a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1976. Prior to coming to the University of California, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Biographical Notes

Perloff returned from Liverpool, England to New York, NY, aboard the S.S. Franconia, 08/19-29/1938. He traveled to Puerto Rico with his wife and son on 06/14/1951, via Pan American World Airways. SSN: 578384609.