Professor Larry Keating, for four decades one of Atlanta’s strongest advocates for housing reform and social justice, died at age 83 on July 26, his family recently announced.

His passing leaves us in metro Atlanta with an unfinished agenda — but also an impressive list of his accomplishments. Edward L. Keating was Professor Emeritus at Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning and held a Ph.D. in planning from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and Master’s and Bachelor’s of Architecture degrees from Virginia Tech (VPI). He was an elected Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Keating joined the faculty of the then Graduate City Planning Program in 1973 teaching planning theory and history, social policy, and housing. With Keating’s passing, emeritus profes

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