Harold T. Shapiro | |
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 Shapiro at a 1994Princeton Tigers football game | |
| 18th President of Princeton University | |
| In office 1988–2001 | |
| Preceded by | William G. Bowen |
| Succeeded by | Shirley Tilghman |
| 10th President of the University of Michigan | |
| In office 1980–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Allan F. Smith (interim) Robben Wright Fleming |
| Succeeded by | Robben Wright Fleming (interim) James J. Duderstadt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1935-06-08)June 8, 1935 (age 90) |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Vivian Shapiro |
| Residence | New Jersey |
| Education | McGill University (BCom,LLD) Princeton University (MA,PhD) |
| Occupation | Economics professor |
| Awards | William D. Carey Award for Leadership in Science Policy (2006) Clark Kerr Medal for Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education (2008) NASPublic Welfare Medal (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Finance |
| Thesis | The Canadian monetary sector: an econometric analysis (1964) |
Harold Tafler Shapiro (born June 8, 1935) is aneconomist anduniversity administrator. He is currently a professor of economics and public affairs at thePrinceton School of Public and International Affairs atPrinceton University. Shapiro served as the president of University of Michigan from 1980 to 1988 and as the president ofPrinceton University from 1988 to 2001.[1]
Born to aJewish family inMontreal, Quebec,[2] Shapiro attendedLower Canada College, a prestigious independent school in Montreal which was at that time boys-only. He earned hisB.Comm., with honors, fromMcGill University in 1956 and hisPh.D. fromPrinceton University in 1964, both in the field of economics.[3][4] His doctoral dissertation was titled "The Canadian monetary sector: an econometric analysis."[5]
Shapiro's parents owned the famous Ruby Foo's in Montreal. After his father's untimely death, the restaurant was passed down to him and his twin brother,Bernard, who would later become the firstEthics Commissioner of Canada and 14th principal ofMcGill University. Shapiro managed the restaurant while studying economics atMcGill University, where he also began graduate school until he moved toPrinceton University.[4]
He joined the faculty of theUniversity of Michigan as assistant professor of economics in 1964. He held a variety of academic and administrative appointments, including as chairman of its department of economics and vice-president for academic affairs, until his selection as president of that university in 1980. He was president of Michigan until he left to become president ofPrinceton University in 1988. As Princeton's president, Shapiro oversaw the largest increase in the university endowment in the history of the school.[6] Shapiro was elected Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1990.[7][8] He announced his retirement from the presidency of Princeton in fall 2000 to take effect in June 2001.Shirley Tilghman, his successor, took office on June 15 of the following year.[9]
Shapiro continues to live inPrinceton, and isprofessor emeritus in the departments of economics andpublic policy at the university. He is trustee emeritus of theInstitute for Advanced Study. His present academic interests includebioethics, on which he writes extensively. Shapiro chaired theNational Bioethics Advisory Commission during PresidentBill Clinton's second term. He also sits on the boards of a number of prominent ventures, including the for-profitHCA (founded by theFrist family, which donated theFrist Campus Center to Princeton), and the non-profitAlfred P. Sloan Foundation andRobert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is a fellow of theHastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution.[10] He also served on the United States Olympic Committee for a number of years, and was a director ofDow Chemical Company.[11]
His fields of specialization in economics include econometrics, science policy, and the evolution of postsecondary education.[12] He is author of several books, includingA Larger Sense of Purpose: Higher Education and Society (Princeton University Press, 2005). In 2000, Shapiro received the Council of Scientific Society Presidents Citation for Outstanding Leadership. In 2008, he was awarded the Clark Kerr Medal for Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education, presented annually by the University of California-Berkeley Academic Senate. He also received the William D. Carey Award for leadership in Science Policy from the American Association for the Advancement of Science..[6]
Shapiro has been married to Vivian Shapiro for 53 years. Together they have four children: Anne, Marilyn, Janet and Karen. They also have 11 grandchildren. Vivian was a practicing psychologist and earned her PhD. His daughter, Janet, is a professor of psychology and the dean of the Graduate School of Social Work at Bryn Mawr College. His daughter, Karen, is the chief administrative officer of the Rutgers School of Health Professions.[9]
| Academic offices | ||
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| Preceded by | 10thPresident of the University of Michigan 1980–1988 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of Princeton University 1988–2001 | Succeeded by |
