Seymour Jacob Mandelbaum[1] (January 13, 1936 – January 23, 2013) was an American professor of urban history and planning at the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
Mandelbaum was born in Chicago on January 13, 1936. He received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1956 and Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1962.[3] His Ph.D. dissertation on 1870s New York City history led to his publication of Boss Tweed's New York (1965).[2][4]
Mandelbaum taught at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Annenberg School for Communication, and joined the University of Pennsylvania School of Design in 1967 and was made emeritus professor in 2004.[2] His research interests included planning theory and planning ethics as well as the political, social, and moral implications of planning policies.[1][5][6]
Mandelbaum received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1965.[2][7] He died on January 23, 2013, at age 77.[2]