Biography:

Political scientist, university professor. Born– Nov. 16, 1915, Woodstock, Ill. Parents– Gustave A. and Clara (Turner) Larson. Married– Eleanor Lucille Kvasnicka, June 11, 1943. Children– Four. Education– Cornell University, B.A., 1940; University of Michigan, M.A., 1947; Ph.D., 1952. U.S. Naval Reserve, 1940-1946; administrative analyst, Michigan Budget Office, 1948-1949; research associate, Bureau of Government, West Virginia University, 1949-1952; director of research, Institute of Public Administration, University of the Philippines, 1952-1954; professor, University of Alabama, 1955-1963; Head of the Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina, 1964-1980. Member– National Tax Association; Southern Political Science Association; American Association of University Professors. Died July 10, 1914.

Source:

Who’s Who in America, 1974; obituary.

Publication(s):

Alabama’s Inland Waterways. University, Ala.; Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1960.

The City Government of Huntsville, Alabama. University, Ala.; Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1958.

The City of Flint Tax Limitation Experiment. Ann Arbor, Mich.; Institute for Human Adjustment, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, 1948.

How Cities are Organized. University, Ala.; Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1959.

Intergovernmental Relations in West Virginia. Morgantown, W.Va.; Bureau for Government Research, West Virginia University, 1951.

Reapportionment and the Courts; a Survey of Recent Cases. University, Ala.; Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1962.

Reapportionment in Alabama. Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1955.

A Report on City and County Budgets, 1952. Morgantown, W.Va.; Bureau for Government Research, West Virginia University, 1952.

Tax Problems in Alabama. University, Ala.; Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1962.

West Virginia; a Report on the Economy. Morgantown, W.Va.; Bureau for Government Research, West Virginia University, 1952.

Joint_Publication(s):

Methods of Financing Sewers and Sewage Treatment Works in West Virginia. Morgantown, W.V.; Bureau for Government Research, West Virginia University, 1952.