Email: jaconet@aol.com
Phone: 718-961-8406
Fax: 212-772-5268
Office: 1032 HN

Mailing Address:
Department of Geography
Hunter College of the City University of New York
695 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10065

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Biography:

Jack Eichenbaum is an internationally regarded expert in urban geography, real estate research and computer assisted mass appraisal. He holds degrees in physical science, social science and engineering, and have exceptional skills in research design, data analysis, and quantitative modeling.

As City Assessor, he has made contributions in all phases of the computerization of New York City's property valuation system: data collection, basic research, software implementation, programming, training, statistics. He pioneered the use of location response surfaces in valuation and helped plan a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the Department of Finance.

He organized and coordinate a citywide GIS interest group (GISMO) which educates and advocates for the diverse community of GIS users in the New York metropolitan area. He chairs the Public Data Access Committee of the New York Area Data Council and advocates for data integration throughout the region.

His academic career encompasses quantitative and theoretical research on migration, ethnicity, urban growth and neighborhood change. Dr. Eichenbaum is an authority on location analysis and the location value of real estate. He has extraordinary knowledge of the geography of New York City which he teachs at the City University.

Having lived and worked in Europe, Israel, Mexico as well as the United States, he adapts easily to new environments and he has conducted research in Spanish and English. He maintains international contacts among geographers, urban information system specialists and land policy professionals.

Education:

Ph.D.	1972	University of Michigan, Urban Geography
M.S.	1965	Indiana University, Physical Chemistry
B.Ch.E.	1963	Cooper Union, Chemical Engineering

Employment:

Retired from the NYC Department of Finance since 2005.

Courses Taught at Hunter:

• GEOG 357 / 709.57 Geography of NYC & Vicinity

Selected Professional Experience:

Period	Employer	Responsibility
1980-82	US Bureau of the Census	Supervising field data collection
1971-75	University of Washington	Teaching and research in geography
1968-70	Center for Population Studies	Research on intraurban migration

Other Professional Activities:

Specialized Tours of Greater NYC: Columbia University, Hobart and William Smith College, Laval University, SUNY-Albany, Binghampton, Citibank, Queens Historical Society, Long Island City Art Frenzy, Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment, Municipal Art Society, 92 St Y, American Institute of Architects, NY Transit Museum, Museum of the City of NY, Queens Museum, Jamaica BID, Japan Real Estate Institute

Lectures and Teaching: American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers; Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; Urban Data Management Symposium; IAAO; URISA (Keynote Address, 2002) AFSCME-DC37; NYU Wagner School of Public Administration; Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation; Hunter College; Long Island University

Administrative: Founder and Coordinator of GISMO, IAAO Infrastructure Review Committee, NY State GIS Council, NYCGIS Steering Committee, NY Area Data Council (Chair, Public Data Access Committee)

Consulting: Town of Greenwich, CT

Selected Publications:

2003:	“Outmigration of CAMA Data, Revisited” Integrating GIS & CAMA Conference Proceedings, Columbus
2002:	“CAMA, GIS and the Recovery of New York City” Assessment Journal May/June 2002 pp. 1-6
2001:	“CAMA/GIS in New York City and Tokyo” Integrating GIS & CAMA Conference Proceedings, Baltimore
2000:	“Outmigration of CAMA Data” Integrating GIS & CAMA Conference Proceedings, Miami Beach
1999:	“Desktop GIS in Assessment Administration” Integrating GIS & CAMA Conference Proceedings, New Orleans
1998:	“Making the Best Use of Government Data” White Paper distributed by NewYork Area Data Council, http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cur/DataCouncil/MBU%20Word%2097.pdf
1996:	“Approaches to Mass Appraisal of Real Property through GIS (with William McNamee) URISA 1996 Annual Conference Proceedings Vol. 1 pp. 74-84
1995:	“Digitized Data: Raw Resource in the Municipal Jungle” (with Fran Pearl-Schloss) Journal of Urban Technology Vol. 2 No. 3 pp. 81-98
1995:	“The Location Variable in World Class Cities” Journal of Property Tax Assessment and Administration Vol. 1 No. 3 pp. 46-60
1994:	“Desktop Mapmaking in the Mass Appraisal Process” IAAO Conference Proceedings, Seattle
1993:	“Assessment Information: Raw Resource in the Municipal Jungle” * (with Fran Pearl) Property Tax Journal Vol. 1 pp. 89-126
1990:	"A Proto-GIS for Small Jurisdictions" IAAO Conference Proceedings, Montreal
1989:	“Location as a Factor in Determining Property Values” Property Tax Journal Vol. 8 No. 2 pp. 151-169
1988:	“Location Value Response Surfaces: The Geometry of Advanced Mass Appraisal”** (with Patrick O'Connor) Property Tax Journal Vol. 7 No. 3 pp. 277-296
1976:	Seattle (editor with Ronald Boyce), Ballinger: Cambridge, MA
1975:	“A Matrix of Human Movement” International Migration Vol. 13 No. ½ pp. 21-41
1974:	“Metaphor in Urban Theory” Antipode Vol. 6 No. 1 pp. 1-6
1971:	“Form, Function and Process: A Methodological Inquiry” Economic Geography Vol. 47 No. 4 pp. 524-44
	Ph.D. Dissertation: "Magic, Mobility and Minorities in the Urban Drama" (University of Michigan, 1972)

* Dr. Eichenbaum is the co-recipient of the 1994 IAAO Bernard L. Barnard Award presented "to the author of the article published in the Property Tax Journal which has made the greatest contribution toward the improvement of assessment administration."

** Dr. Eichenbaum is the co-recipient of the 1989 IAAO Bernard L. Barnard Award.

Links:

• The Geography of NYC with Jack Eichenbaum