1. Dr Arthur J Naparstek was a professor of social work and Dean of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
11 Facts About Arthur Naparstek
1. 2.
Arthur Naparstek was an expert on urban redevelopment and neighborhood revitalization whose community-building concepts served as the basis for local and national government programs in both the United States and Israel.
3.
President Jimmy Carter appointed Arthur Naparstek to serve on that Commission as well as the President's Commission on Mental Health's Task Panel on Community Support Systems.
4.
In 1983, Arthur Naparstek became Dean of the Case Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences.
5.
In 1995, Arthur Naparstek was appointed to the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, as a senior associate directing the Institute's HOPE VI initiative.
6.
Arthur Naparstek held a variety of leadership positions in Cleveland's Jewish community, as well as nationally.
7.
In 1999, Arthur Naparstek orchestrated an unprecedented meeting between the mayor of Beit She'an and the Palestinian governor of Jenin at his home in Cleveland Heights to discuss joint economic development and community-building plans.
Related searches
Jimmy Carter 8.
Arthur Naparstek developed the Ethiopian National Project, aimed at speeding the acculturation of Israel's Ethiopian community.
9.
The son of Jewish immigrants from Poland, Arthur Naparstek was born in New York City and grew up in the Bronx and in Mount Vernon.
10.
Arthur Naparstek received a bachelor's degree from Illinois Wesleyan University, a master's degree in social work from New York University, and a doctorate from Brandeis University's Florence Heller Graduate School of Advanced Studies in Social Welfare Administration.
11.
Arthur Naparstek died from lung cancer on April 24,2004, at University Hospitals of Cleveland.