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Mackaye, Benton (1879–1975)| US regional planner. A graduate of Harvard University, where he studied geography, he joined the Forestry Service (1905–17). In 1921 he published his proposal for the Appalachian walking trail from Georgia to Maine. A founder of the Regional Planning Association of America, 1923, he did studies for planning commissions (1925–45) including the Tennessee Valley Authority. His farsighted plans to reduce urban congestion and pollution unfortunately were not put into effect. Mackaye was born in Stamford, Connecticut. |
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