Henry Rosovsky was an American economist and academic administrator who served as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University.
18 Facts About Henry Rosovsky
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Henry Rosovsky served from 1973 to 1984 and, again, in 1990 to 1991.
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Henry Rosovsky served as acting president of Harvard in 1984 and 1987.
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In 1985, Henry Rosovsky became a member of Harvard's governing body, the Harvard Corporation, until 1997.
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Henry Rosovsky was the first Harvard faculty member to do so in a century.
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Henry Rosovsky was a professor of economics and chair of Harvard's Department of Economics.
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Henry Rosovsky was married to retired former Harvard Semitic Museum curator and author Nitza Rosovsky.
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At age 13, Henry Rosovsky came to the United States in 1940 with his family.
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Henry Rosovsky served in the US Army from 1946 to 1947 and again from 1950 to 1952.
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Henry Rosovsky taught economics, history and Japanese studies at the University of California at Berkeley until 1965.
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Henry Rosovsky has taught as a visiting professor in Japan and Israel and has worked as a consultant with the United States government, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and UNESCO.
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In 2000, Henry Rosovsky chaired the Task Force on Higher Education and Society with Mamphela Ramphele.
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Henry Rosovsky edited Industrialization in Two Systems, Discord in the Pacific, Asia's New Giant: How the Japanese Economy Works, Favorites of Fortune and The Political Economy of Japan: Cultural and Social Dynamics.
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Henry Rosovsky was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
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Henry Rosovsky died from cancer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 11,2022, at the age of 95.
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Henry Rosovsky was active in Harvard Hillel throughout his time at Harvard.
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Harvard Hillel's building, Henry Rosovsky Hall, was named after him in recognition of his leadership in the university's Jewish life and to acknowledge his role as the first Jewish member of the Harvard Corporation, the university's highest governing body.
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Henry Rosovsky Hall was designed by architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author Moshe Safdie.