Henry Rosovsky

Henry Rosovsky is an American economist and university administrator. From 1973 to 1987 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. At Harvard, where he was a Professor of Economics, he also served as Acting President in 1984 and 1987. After stepping down from the dean’s position in 1987, he become a member of Harvard’s governing body, the Harvard Corporation.

Born in the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk) on September 1, 1927, Professor Rosovsky received his A.B degree in 1949 from the College of William and Mary and his Ph.D. degree from Harvard in 1959. He taught economics, history and Japanese and Korean studies at the University of California at Berkeley until 1965. He has taught as a visiting professor in Japan and Israel and has worked variously as a consultant with the United States government, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and UNESCO.

In 2000, Professor Rosovsky chaired the Task Force on Higher Education and Society with Mamphela Ramphele. The Task Force was convened by the World Bank and UNESCO to explore the future of higher education in developing countries. Its report, "Peril and Promise", argued that higher education systems in poor countries are in crisis and made a case for renewed investment, curricular reform and improved standards of governance.

Professor Rosovsky is the author of "Capital Formation in Japan" (1961), "Quantitative Japanese Economic History" (1961)," Japanese Economic Growth" (with K. Ohkawa, 1973) and "The University: An Owner's Manual" (1990). He also edited "Industrialization in Two Systems" (1961), "Discord in the Pacific" (1972)," Asia's New Giant: How the Japanese Economy Works" (with H. Patrick, 1976), "Favorites of Fortune" (with P. Higonnet and D. Landes, 1991)" and The Political Economy of Japan: Cultural and Social Dynamics" (with Shumpei Kumon, 1992).

External links

* [http://www.tfhe.net/ Task Force on Higher Education website]