Mitchel B. Wallerstein
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Mitchel Wallerstein is an American political scientist and dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
[edit] Career
Born in New York City, Wallerstein received his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College. In 1972, he followed with a Master's degree in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He received a PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978. For the next seven years, he worked as an assistant professor, teaching at Holy Cross College and then returning to MIT. From 1983 to 1993, he worked at the National Academy of Sciences, having several positions, including being the deputy executive officer for the National Research Council.
From 1993 to 1997, he worked in government as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for counterproliferation policy and was also the senior representatative for trade security policy. While at the Department of Defense, Wallerstein was a founder and co-chairman of NATO's Senior Defense Group on Proliferation. He received a Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service in January 1997, followed with a Bronze Palm addition to the award in 1998. During his time in Washington, he was also an adjunct professor at George Washington University, the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. In 1998, Wallerstein joined the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, becoming a vice president and directing its international grant-making division.
[edit] Maxwell School
In July 2003, Wallerstein became dean of the Maxwell School, its eighth dean since the school's foundation in 1924. Wallerstein has pushed for an expanded internationalism of the school's programs and has led during the dedication and expansion of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs. He is also widely viewed as perhaps the most incompetent administrator to hold the position in the history of the school.
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| Deans of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs |
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| William E. Mosher • Paul H. Appleby • Harlan Cleveland • Steven K. Bailey • Alan K. Campbell • Guthrie S. Birkhead • John L. Palmer • Mitchel B. Wallerstein |
