Hugh O. Nourse

The First Twenty Years of AREUEA

Editors’ Note. At American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association’s (AREUEA) 1985 annual meeting, a special session was held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of AREUEA. The session was proposed by George Gau, the 1985 program chairman, and chaired by Patric H. Hendershott, the 1985 president. George and Pat selected four past presidents to discuss the first four 5-year periods of AREUEA’s history. The presentations were so informative that the Board of Directors proposed publication in some form to preserve the historical record of AREUEA. With the financial assistance of the Homer Hoyt Institute and the efforts of Marc A. Weiss, we are pleased to publish a slightly edited version of the four presentations.