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David Thomas Hartgen

Kannapolis, North Carolina

Sep 30, 1944 – May 22, 2021 (Age 76)

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BORN
September 30, 1944
DIED
May 22, 2021
AGE
76
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Kannapolis, North Carolina
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David Thomas HartgenSeptember 30, 1944 - May 22, 2021David Thomas Hartgen, 76, of Concord, a native of Orono, Maine, Emeritus Professor of Transportation at UNC Charlotte and President of The Hartgen Group, who was widely known for his studies of transportation issues throughout the United States...

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I worked with David for many years as fellow Associate Editors of the academic journal Transportation. I always appreciated his "straight shooting" and interest in getting to the truth in research. I have used his research in my classes. He was a colorful person, with a background combining diverse influences and perspectives that are unusual for transportation academics. I'll always remember his anecdote about luxuriating in an outdoor hot tub in the Alps (I believe it was) during an...

I got to know Dr. Hartgen when I served two terms on the Cabarrus Planning & Zoning board. He was an expert in his field a top notch Transportation scholar and a very very nice man! Needless to say he will be greatly missed! Blessings to his family!