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Frank Haight
- UGSRBA, MathematicsIowa State University19361939
- GSRMSc, MathematicsIowa State University19391940
- GSRPhD, MathematicsUniversity of Auckland19511957
- UGSRBA, MathematicsIowa State University19361939
- GSRMSc, MathematicsIowa State University19391940
- Senior LecturerUniversity of Auckland19491957
- GSRPhD, MathematicsUniversity of Auckland19511957
- Professor of MathematicsUCLA19571971
- Professor of MathematicsPennsylvania State University19711988
- ProfessorDepartment of EconomicsSchool of Social SciencesUC Irvine19881998
- Faculty AssociateITS-IrvineUC Irvine19881998
Frank Haight [1919-2006] passed away on April 30th, 2006. This record is kept in place in memoriam. Please see his obituary for more information about his life.The late Dr. Frank Haight (PhD, University of New Zealand) was one of the founding fathers of the modern field of transportation research. His formal education culminated in the field of probability theory and stochastic processes. He then pursued his profession at Auckland University, UCLA, The Pennsylvania State University, and University of California Irvine, retiring as a professor at UCI in 1998. Frank will be long remembered both for the insight and originality of his published works of science and for his editorial skill in exposing the deserving works of others, especially the young scholars he mentored throughout his long and distinguished career. Frank was the founding editor of three of the field’s premier journals. In 1967 he founded Transportation Research, and that journal grew so popular among academics and practitioners that it was later split into several different journals. In 1969, Frank founded the companion journal Accident Analysis and Prevention for transportation safety research, and in 1979 the original Transportation Research was split into two parts: Transportation Research Part A – Policy and Practice, and Transportation Research Part B – Methodological.
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Recent Publications
working paper |
Aug 2001
Accident Proneness: The History of an Idea
Publications
Note: Publications listed below are generally limited to those associated activity during Frank Haight's affiliation with ITS-Irvine. The list may be incomplete. For a more comprehensive list, please consult other data sources in their Related Information.
Working Papers
- Frank A. Haight (2001) Accident Proneness: The History of an Idea. Working Paper UCI-ITS-WP-01-2. Institute of Transportation Studies, Irvine. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9rh9f29x. [ITS-Irvine record]