Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Motto	Advancing Citizenship, Scholarship, and Leadership around the world.
Established	1924
Type	Private
Dean	James B. Steinberg
Postgraduates	800
Location	Syracuse, NY, USA
Website	maxwell.syr.edu

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (commonly known as the Maxwell School) is the public policy school of Syracuse University. The school conducts research and offers graduate degrees in the social sciences, public administration, and international affairs.

The Maxwell School is the oldest public affairs school in the United States, and is widely regarded as one of the country's most prestigious schools of public policy. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks the Maxwell School as the leading graduate school of public affairs in the United States.

History

The Maxwell/Eggers complex in Syracuse, New York.

The school is named for George Holmes Maxwell, a Syracuse alumnus and Boston patent attorney who donated $500,000 to the university in 1924 to establish a school which would aim to "to cull from every source those principles, facts, and elements which, combined, make up our rights and duties and our value and distinctiveness as United States citizens".^[1]

The Maxwell School was dedicated on October 3, 1924, and was the first program to offer a graduate professional degree in public administration. Its Master of Public Administration (MPA) program is the oldest continuously operating University-based program in the United States.

In 1937, the young school took its full name and moved into Maxwell Hall, a purpose-built building on the west end of Syracuse University's main campus featuring a prominent Corinthian colonnade. A mid-19th Century replica of Houdon's 1788 statue of George Washington as Cincinnatus stands in the foyer.

The somber James Earle Fraser Lincoln statue in front of Maxwell Hall was installed in 1968. Syracuse University owns the only full-sized bronze duplicate.^[2]

In 1968, Maxwell professor Dwight Waldo presided over the landmark Minnowbrook I conference, which established the foundations for New Public Administration.^[3] Subsequent Minnowbrook II and III conferences were held in 1988 and 2008 at the eponymous Blue Mountain Lake retreat.^[4]

The school's rapid growth necessitated the 1990 "Campaign for Maxwell", which raised capital to fund a new building to accommodate the expansion. The result of the campaign was the Bohlin Cywinski Jackson-designed Eggers Hall, which opened in 1994.^[5] Eggers Hall adjoins Maxwell Hall at the corner, forming an "L" shaped complex that houses the present-day Maxwell School.

“	We will ever strive for the ideals and sacred things of the city, both alone and with many; We will unceasingly seek to quicken the sense of public duty; We will revere and obey the city’s laws; We will transmit this city not only not less, but greater, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.	”
—Ephebic Oath, as found in Maxwell Hall and recited by Maxwell graduates

Academics

Departments

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Executive Education
• Geography
• History
• International Relations
• Public Administration
• Political Science
• Social Science
• Sociology

Rankings

Maxwell has been ranked as the top graduate program for public affairs in the country by U.S. News and World Report since that magazine began publishing such rankings in 1995.^[6] Maxwell is the only school among the 50 in the U.S. News and World Report survey that ranks in the top ten of all nine specialty areas (City Management, Environmental Policy & Management, Health Policy & Management, Information & Technology Management, Nonprofit Management, Public Finance & Budgeting, Public Management/Administration, Public Policy Analysis, and Social Policy).

Maxwell is listed as one of the top ten professional schools for International Relations by Foreign Policy.^[7]

Joint and Concurrent Degrees

• Master of Public Health, with SUNY Upstate Medical^[8]
• Public Diplomacy, with the Newhouse School^[9]
• Documentary Film and History, with the Newhouse School^[10]
• Masters in Public Administration with School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University

Maxwell maintains formal relationships with a number of American and global institutions, among them the China National School of Administration^{[citation needed]}, Tsinghua University^{[citation needed]}, the Hertie School of Governance^{[citation needed]}, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore^[11], and Lomonosov Moscow State University^{[citation needed]}.

Centers and institutes

• Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute
• Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
• Center for Policy Research
• Center for Technology and Information Policy
• Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism
• Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media
• Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
• Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Notable alumni

US government

• M. Suzzane Archuleta, Vice Consul of Brazil, U.S. State Department (MA '00)
• John R. Bass, US Ambassador to Georgia (BA '86)
• John Berry, Director, Office of Personnel Management (MPA '81)
• Andrew R. Ciesla, Senator, State of New Jersey (MPA '76)
• Colonel Michael A. Coss, Chief of Staff in the U.S. Army (MS '94)
• James B. Cunningham, Deputy Ambassador for Kabul, Afghanistan (former Ambassador to Israel) (BA '74)
• Robert Duffy, New York Lieutenant Governor (MPA '98)
• Robert Allan Jones, Section Chief for Global Counterinterlligence, FBI (MS' 96)
• Bismark Myrick, Ambassador to Liberia (MA '73)
• Cynthia B. Piper, Director of Administration, South Carolina Secretary of State (MPA '97)
• Steve Rothman, member, US House of Representatives (BA '74)
• Senator LeRoy A. Stumpf, Senator, State of Minnesota (MPA '91)
• Christine Varney, former Antitrust Officer Department of Justice (MPA '78)
• Jacquelyn Williams-Bridger, Managing Director for International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office (BA '77 & MPA '78)

Government (non-United States)

• Mojammed A. Al-Murr, Chairman, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (BA '78)
• Suchati Chuthasmit, Advisor to the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Former Thai Ambassador to Austria,India, South Korea, and Indonesia (MA IR '58)
• Dr. Charoen Kanthawongs, member of Parliament, National Assembly of Thailand, (MAIR '61)
• Abdelrahim Ahymad Khalil, Ambassador, Sudanese Embassy in Brussels, Belgium (MPA '79)
• Kwang Woo Kim, Director of Foreign Affairs, South Korean Ministry of National Defense (MPA '87)
• Woo-Sang Kim, South Korean Ambassador to Australia (BA '84)
• Young-Soo Kim, Director, South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MPA '01)
• Miguel Elizalde Lizarraga, Director General of Federal Transportation, Ministry of Communication and Transportation in Mexico, (MPA '01)
• Masahide Ota, Governor, Okinawa Prefecture (MA '56)
• Angelo A. Rivero-Santos, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (MPA '89)
• Chumpol Silapa-Archa, Deputy Secretary General, Parliament of Thailand (MPA '66)
• Arun Shourie, Indian politician and civil servant (MA '65 & PhD '66)
• Morton Thornquist, Director, Research Council of Norway (MPA '74)
• Pham Duc Toan, Deputy Chief, Cabinet of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam (MPA '98)

Academia

• Walter Broadnax, President, Clark Atlanta University (PhD '75)
• Kent John Chabotar, President, Guilford College (MPA '69 & PhD '73)
• Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University (PhD '85)
• Thomas J. Gamble, President, Mercyhurst College (MA '81 & PhD '82)
• Thomas P. Lauth, Dean, University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs (PhD '76)
• William M. LeoGrande, Dean, American University School of International Service (BA '71 & MA '73)
• David L. Potter, President, North Georgia College & State University (MA '72 & PhD '73)
• Joseph Rallo, President, Angelo State University (MA '78 & PhD '80)
• Donna Shalala, President, University of Miami (Former Secretary of Health and Human Services) (MPA '70 &PhD '70)
• Richard Vengroff, Dean, Kennesaw State University (MA '70 & PhD '72)
• Mitchel B. Wallerstein, President, Baruch College (formally 8th Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs) (MPA '72)

Non-profit

• Pam Fessler, NPR correspondent (MPA '80)
• Octavio Hinojosa Mier, Chief Operations Officer, San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (MPA '03)
• Rhone Resche, President and CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association (MPA '92)

Private sector

• Al-Waleed bin Talal, founder and CEO of Kingdom Holding Company, member of the Saudi Royal Family (MA '85)
• Mark Emmert, Director, National Collegiate Athletic Association (MPA '76 & PhD '83)
• Peter Falk, Oscar and Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his role as "Columbo" (MPA '53)
• Steve Hagerty, President, Hagerty Consulting (MPA '93)
• Sean O'Keefe, CEO, EADS North America (former Administrator of NASA) (MPA '79)
• Rebecca Z. Styles, President and General Manager, Lockheed Martin AeroParts Inc. (MPA '79)
• John A. Tara, Vice President, Pfizer, Inc (BA '75)

External links

• Official website

References

1. ^ Maxwell School of Syracuse University
2. ^ A Different Lincoln
3. ^ Democracy and public administration By Richard C. Box
4. ^ Minnowbrook III: What Was Missing?
5. ^ Eggers Hall / Maxwell Expansion
6. ^ Maxwell School Again Named #1 Graduate School of Public Affairs by U.S. News & World Report
7. ^ International Relations Program Ranking
8. ^ CNYMPH
9. ^ Public Diplomacy home
10. ^ Documentary Film and History Masters Program
11. ^ IIMB Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy & Management