A. John Vogt retired in 1973 as a professor of public finance and government at the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining UNC in 1973, he was budget operations coordinator for the Wisconsin State Budget Office and research associate for the Center for Studies in Education and Development at Harvard University. Vogt is the author of Capital Improvement Programming: A Handbook for Local Government Officials, and Capital Budgeting and Finance: A Guide for Local Governments (2004). In 2006, the North Carolina Local Government Budget Association created an award in Jack Vogt’s name to be given annually for excellence in local budgeting in the state. Vogt earned a BS from Georgetown University, an MPIA from the University of Pittsburgh, and a PhD from Cornell University.