14 Facts About Neil Howe

Neil Howe was born on October 21,1951 and is an American author and consultant.

Neil Howe is best known for his work with William Strauss on social generations regarding a theorized generational cycle in American history.

Neil Howe is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Global Aging Initiative, and a senior advisor to the Concord Coalition.

Neil Howe's father was a physicist and his mother was a professor of occupational therapy.

Neil Howe attended high school in Palo Alto, California, and earned a BA in English Literature at UC Berkeley in 1972.

Neil Howe studied abroad in France and Germany, and later earned graduate degrees in economics and history from Yale University.

Neil Howe's positions have included advisor on public policy to the Blackstone Group, policy advisor to the Concord Coalition, and senior associate for the Global Aging Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Neil Howe has since written nine books on social generations, mostly with William Strauss.

In 1997 Strauss and Neil Howe founded LifeCourse Associates, a publishing, speaking, and consulting company built on their generational theory.

Neil Howe has written a number of non-academic books on generational trends.

Neil Howe is best known for his books with William Strauss on generations in American history.

Neil Howe wrote a critical piece about the concept of "generations" and the "Millennials" for the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Neil Howe has written a number of application-oriented books with Strauss about the Millennials' impact on various sectors, including Millennials Go to College, Millennials and the Pop Culture, and Millennials and K-12 Schools.

Since the late 1990s, Neil Howe has coauthored a number of academic studies published by CSIS, including the Global Aging Initiative's "Aging Vulnerability Index" and The Graying of the Middle Kingdom: The Economics and Demographics of Retirement Policy in China.