Kenneth Prewitt

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Kenneth Prewitt is the Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs and the Vice-President for Global Centers. He taught Political Science at the University of Chicago from 1965-1982, and for shorter stints was on the faculty of Stanford University, Washington University, the University of Nairobi, Makerere University and the Graduate Faculty at the New School University (where he was also Dean).

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Mar 16, 1936
Alton

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Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
(1963 - 1964)
Assistant, Associate, Full Professor, University of Chicago Department of Political Science
(1965 - 1982)
Chairman, University of Chicago Department of Political Science
(1975 - 1976)
Director, NORC at the University of Chicago
(1976 - 1979)
President, Social Science Research Council
(1979 - 1985)
Senior Vice President, Rockefeller Foundation
(1985 - 1995)
President, Social Science Research Council
(1995 - 1998)
Director, United States Census Bureau
(1998 - 2001)
Dean, Graduate Faculty, The New School
(2001 - 2002)
Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, Columbia University
(2002 - )

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on July 23, 2013

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