ORGANIZATION

Founded 1923 in New York City, "it mobilizes researchers, policy makers, professionals, activists, and other experts from the private and public sectors to develop innovative approaches to issues of critical social importance."

Official Website:
http://www.ssrc.org/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Reginald Bartholomew	Diplomat	17-Feb-1936		US Ambassador to Italy, 1993-97
Samuel D. Berger	Diplomat	6-Dec-1911	12-Feb-1980	US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64
Alan S. Blinder	Economist	14-Oct-1945		Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve
Robert W. Fogel	Economist	1-Jul-1926		Cliometrics
Geoffrey Garrett	Educator	c. 1958		President of the Pacific Council
Vartan Gregorian	Educator	8-Apr-1934		President of Carnegie Corporation
Ralph Linton	Anthropologist	27-Feb-1893	25-Dec-1953	The Study of Man
Charles E. Merriam	Scholar	15-Nov-1874	8-Jan-1953	American Political Ideas
Douglass C. North	Economist	5-Nov-1920		Cliometrics
Nell Irvin Painter	Historian	2-Aug-1942		Creating Black Americans
Orville Schell	Author	20-May-1940		Prominent sinologist
Anna J. Schwartz	Economist	c. 1915		A Monetary History of the United States
Barbara Stallings	Educator	c. 1944		Watson Institute for International Studies
Fritz Stern	Historian	2-Feb-1926		German historian
John B. Taylor	Economist	8-Dec-1946		Council of Economic Advisers, 1989-91

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