Stephen Schlesinger

Stephen Schlesinger (born August 17, 1942) is an author and political commentator. He is an Adjunct Fellow at the Century Foundation in New York City. He served as Director of the World Policy Institute at the New School University from 1997-2006. He is the son of historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Biography

Schlesinger graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in 1964, and earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1968. In 1970, he began publishing, with other former supporters of Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene J. McCarthy, "The New Democrat", a monthly magazine dedicated to uniting "the left and radical wings"Citation
title = Liberal Monthly is Started Here; Unity of Leftist and Radical Democrats is Goal
newspaper = New York Times
pages = 92
year = 1970
date = April 26 ] and replacing the "dead leadership" in the Democratic Party. The magazine was critical of Democratic National Committee chairman Larry O'Brien, and championed the candidacy of South Dakota Senator George McGovern over that of Maine Senator Ed Muskie and former Vice President Hubert Humphrey in the 1972 Democratic presidential primaries.Citation
title = Liberal Voice
newspaper = Time Magazine
year = 1972
date = May 15
url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903468,00.html ] He later worked as a staff writer at "Time" magazine.

Schlesinger served as a speechwriter and foreign policy advisor to New York Governor Mario Cuomo, who was elected in 1982 to the first of three consecutive terms. After Cuomo's defeat in 1994, Schlesinger worked at UN-HABITAT at the United Nations before accepting a post at the World Policy Institute. He retired in June 2006.

Bibliography

* "Journals 1952-2000 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr." (2007, co-editor)
* "Act of Creation: The Founding of The United Nations" (2003)
* "Bitter Fruit: The Story of the U.S. Coup in Guatemala" (1982, with Stephen Kinzer)
* "The New Reformers" (1975)

References

;General
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-schlesinger Contributor profile at the Huffington Post] ;Specific

External links

* [http://www.stephenschlesinger.com Official web site]