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Peter PollackAbstractPeter Pollack was a landscape architect who primarily worked in the Ann Arborarea. He also served as a professor at the University of Michigan‟s School of NaturalResources. The collection includes correspondence, minutes, and working files thatdocument Pollack‟s involvement with various urban design and landscape projects in thestate of Michigan in addition to his teaching career. The collection also includesdrawings and plans for Pollack‟s major projects.BiographyPeter Pollack, founder of Pollack Design Associates, worked as a landscapearchitect in the Ann Arbor area. He was heavily involved with local urban designprojects. Pollack also served as a member of the faculty at the University of Michigan‟sSchool of Natural Resources.Pollack was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. He received his bachelor‟sdegree from Pennsylvania State University in 1963 and his master‟s degree from HarvardUniversity‟s Graduate School of Design in 1965. While at Harvard he also worked atSasaki, Dawson, DeMay and Associates. Pollack was named a fellow in landscapearchitecture by the American Academy in Rome (FAAR) in 1971. He moved to AnnArbor in 1973 to teach at the University of Michigan‟s School of Natural Resources. Hewas also named a fellow by the American Society of Landscape Architects (FASLA) in1993.While in Ann Arbor he founded Pollack Design Associates. The firm was involved in thedesign of Mary Beth Doyle Park and Wetland Preserve, the Furstenberg InterpretivePark, and projects at the former Pfizer site on Plymouth Road. Pollack was heavilyinvolved in projects affiliated with Ann Arbor‟s Downtown Development Authority,including the development of Ann Arbor‟s downtown design guidelines and the AnnArbor Corridor Study.i