Leslie Cohen Berlowitz

Leslie Cohen Berlowitz (March 1, 1944 – June 13, 2020[1]) was President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Berlowitz became the Academy's executive officer in 1996 and was later promoted to Chief Executive Officer and President. From 1969 to 1996, Berlowitz was an administrator at New York University.[2] In 2013 the Boston Globe pointed to a falsification of her degree on Academy grant applications and that her Academy salary appeared higher than standards at comparable institutions. The Globe also brought her draconian management style into question.[3]

The Common Reader published a version of a chapter of Berlowitz's forthcoming book Bernard Malamud: The Limits of Desire. Berlowitz has also co-edited three books: Restoring Trust in American Business (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005) with Jay W. Lorsch and Andy Zelleke, America in Theory (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988) with Denis Donoghue and Louis Menand, and Greenwich Village: Culture and Counterculture (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1990) with Richard Eric Beard.

American Academy leadership

As chief executive, Berlowitz won praise for increasing Academy revenues, expanding the scope of programs, and raising the Academy's national profile, though questions about her management style and allegedly poor treatment of employees followed her for years. Berlowitz led the Academy's Strategic Plan "2001 and Beyond" and the development of the Initiative for the Humanities and its Humanities Indicators.[4][5] She created a network of more than 50 University Affiliates[6] to work with the Academy on issues vital to the higher education community and also established two residential fellowship programs for young scholars: the Visiting Scholars Program[7] and the Hellman Fellowship in Science and Technology Policy.[8]

Resignation

In June 2013, Berlowitz was accused by the Boston Globe of embellishing her résumé in the course of writing grant proposals for the American Academy, as well as drawing excessive compensation and manipulating the Academy's election process. Following calls by the Washington Post and the Boston Globe for her resignation, Berlowitz resigned her position in July 2013.[9] In the wake of press attacks on Berlowitz, however, former Ambassador to Afghanistan and U.S. Army Lt. General Karl Eikenberry and former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen wrote to the Boston Globe in her support.[10]

Education

Berlowitz graduated from the Fieldston School, and received a bachelor's degree from New York University and a master's degree from Columbia University. She was named an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Northeastern University in May 2011.[11][12]

References
  1. "LESLIE COHEN BERLOWITZ Obituary". Boston Globe. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. "Guide to the Records of the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Leslie Berlowitz 1970-1980 RG 9.5". Dlib.nyu.edu. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  3. "Boston Globe 06/03/2013". Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  4. "Early Findings From Humanities-Indicators Project Are Unveiled at Montreal Meeting" (PDF). Amacad.org. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  5. "A scientific approach ... to the humanities". CSMonitor.com. August 20, 2002. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  6. "American Academy of Arts & Sciences". Amacad.org. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  7. "American Academy of Arts & Sciences". Amacad.org. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  8. "American Academy of Arts & Sciences". Amacad.org. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  9. "Leslie Berlowitz, embattled chief of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, gives up reins during inquiry - Metro". The Boston Globe. June 6, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2015. See further, "Boston Globe 06/03/2013". Retrieved October 2, 2013.; "Boston Globe 06/04/2013". Retrieved February 25, 2015.; "Boston Globe 06/03/2013". Retrieved February 25, 2015.; "New York Times 06/12/2013". June 11, 2013.; Board, Editorial. "Washington Post 06/13/2013". Retrieved October 2, 2013.; "Boston Globe 06/19/2013". Retrieved October 2, 2013.; "Boston Globe 07/25/2013". Retrieved October 2, 2013.; and "Boston Globe 06/17/2013". Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  10. "Academy loses a tireless advocate of arts, sciences". Boston Globe. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  11. "Leslie Cohen Berlowitz". Northeastern.edu. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  12. "About". Leslie Berlowitz. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
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