Leslie Cohen Berlowitz (néeLeslie Ruth Cohen, formerlyTuttleton; March 1944[citation needed] – June 13, 2020[1]) was president and chief executive officer of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences. Berlowitz became the academy's executive officer in 1996 and was later promoted to chief executive officer and President. From 1969 to 1996, Berlowitz was an administrator atNew York University.[2] In 2013,The Boston Globe pointed to a falsification of her degree on Academy grant applications and that her Academy salary appeared higher than standards at comparable institutions. TheGlobe also brought her management style into question.[3]
Cohen graduated from theFieldston School, and received a bachelor's degree fromNew York University and a master's degree fromColumbia University. She was named an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters byNortheastern University in May 2011.[4]
As chief executive, Berlowitz won praise for increasing Academy revenues, expanding the scope of programs, and raising the academy's national profile, though questions about her management style and allegedly poor treatment of employees followed her for years. Berlowitz led the academy's Strategic Plan "2001 and Beyond" and the development of the Initiative for the Humanities and itsHumanities Indicators.[5][6]
She created a network of more than 50 University Affiliates[7] to work with the academy on issues vital to the higher education community and also established two residential fellowship programs for young scholars: the Visiting Scholars Program[8] and the Hellman Fellowship in Science and Technology Policy.[9]
In June 2013, Berlowitz was accused by theBoston Globe of embellishing her résumé in the course of writing grant proposals for the American Academy, falsely claiming to have earned a PhD degree in English fromNew York University. Berlowitz was also accused of drawing excessive compensation and manipulating the academy's election process. Following calls by theWashington Post and theBoston Globe for her resignation, Berlowitz resigned her position in July 2013.[10] In the wake of press attacks on Berlowitz, however, former Ambassador to Afghanistan and U.S. Army Lt. GeneralKarl Eikenberry and former Tennessee GovernorPhil Bredesen wrote to theBoston Globe in her support.[11]
On April 20, 1970, theNew York Times announced the marriage one day earlier of Leslie Ruth Cohen and James W. Tuttleton, an instructor atNew York University.[12] The union produced at least one child, a daughter, Sarah. In 1978, Leslie married Lawrence Berlowitz.[citation needed]
She co-edited three books:Restoring Trust in American Business (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005; withJay W. Lorsch and Andy Zelleke),America in Theory (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988; with Denis Donoghue and Louis Menand), andGreenwich Village: Culture and Counterculture (Rutgers University Press, 1990; with Richard Eric Beard).
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