- Stuart Nagel
Stuart S. Nagel (1934–2001) was Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Born in
West Rogers Park , Chicago, he attendedSenn High School and Central YMCA High School at his hometown. Later he completed his undergraduate and graduate studies atNorthwestern University , receiving a Ph.D. inPolitical Science in 1961. Well-known by having coined the terms "super-optimizing" and "win-win analysis", he advanced the boundaries of policy studies.
After his unexpected death on November 18, 2001, at the age of 67, the [http://psj.ipsonet.org Policy Studies Journal] published, in 2003, a series of articles about Mr. Nagel's personal and academic life, entitled [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/psj/31/3 Symposium in Honor of Stuart S. Nagel] .On September 13, 2007 Professor Emeritus Robert Weissberg wrote in an article entitled [http://www.mindingthecampus.com/originals/2007/09/the_hidden_impact_of_political.html The Hidden Impact Of Political Correctness] that Stuart committed suicide partially because of an anonymous accusation of racism and workplace violence that resulted in an internal investigation and two federal trials.
External links
[http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/northwestern/spring2002/classnotes/inmemoriam.htm Northwestern's Magazine] note on Mr. Stuart Nagel's death.
References
Crotty, William (2003). [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1541-0072.00035 Memorial to Stuart S. Nagel] . Policy Studies Journal, 31 (3), 465-467. doi: 10.1111/1541-0072.00035
Rich, Paul J. (2005). [http://www.ipsonet.org/index.php?go=about-memories-2001stuartnagel Policy Studies And Stuart Nagel] . The Policy Studies Organization.
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