Bertram Myron Gross
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Bertram Myron Gross was an American Social scientist
, Federal bureaucrat and Professor of Political science
at Hunter College
(CUNY). He is known from his book Friendly Fascism from 1980 and as primary author of the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act
.
and Philosophy
, and his M.A.
in English literature
from the University of Pennsylvania
.
In the late 1940s he started as a Federal bureaucrat in Washington. From 1941 to 1945 he was a staff member of a number of Senate committees. Here he wrote the Roosevelt-Truman full employment bills of 1944 and 1945, which led to the Employment Act of 1946. From 1946 to 1952 he was executive secretary of the President's Council of Economic Advisers
.
In the 1950s he moved with his family to Israel
where he served as an economic advisor in the Prime Minister's Office and as a Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University, where he established their program in Public Administration. He returned in the 1960s and joined the faculty of Syracuse University
in the Maxwell School. In 1961-62 he was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
, Palo Alto, and in 1962-63 he was the Leatherbee Lecturer at the Harvard Business School.
In 1970 Bertram Gross was president of the Society for General Systems Research
. From 1970 to 1982 he was Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Urban Affairs at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center
.
He was the father of physicist and Nobel prize winner David J. Gross . Since 1999, the campaign to abolish poverty/full employment Coalition presents the Annual Bertram Gross Award.
Social Scientist
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, Federal bureaucrat and Professor of Political science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
at Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
(CUNY). He is known from his book Friendly Fascism from 1980 and as primary author of the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act
Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act
The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act , is an act of legislation by the United States government.-Impetus and strategy:...
.
Biography
Gross was born in Philadelphia. He received his B.A. in EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, and his M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in English literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
from the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
.
In the late 1940s he started as a Federal bureaucrat in Washington. From 1941 to 1945 he was a staff member of a number of Senate committees. Here he wrote the Roosevelt-Truman full employment bills of 1944 and 1945, which led to the Employment Act of 1946. From 1946 to 1952 he was executive secretary of the President's Council of Economic Advisers
Council of Economic Advisers
The Council of Economic Advisers is an agency within the Executive Office of the President that advises the President of the United States on economic policy...
.
In the 1950s he moved with his family to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
where he served as an economic advisor in the Prime Minister's Office and as a Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University, where he established their program in Public Administration. He returned in the 1960s and joined the faculty of Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
in the Maxwell School. In 1961-62 he was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences is an American interdisciplinary research body in Stanford, California focusing on the social sciences and humanities . Fellows are elected in a closed process, to spend a period of residence at the Center, released from other duties...
, Palo Alto, and in 1962-63 he was the Leatherbee Lecturer at the Harvard Business School.
In 1970 Bertram Gross was president of the Society for General Systems Research
Society for General Systems Research
The Society for General Systems Research is predecessor of the current International Society for the Systems Sciences , known to be one the first interdisciplinary and international co-operations in the field of systems theory and systems science...
. From 1970 to 1982 he was Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Urban Affairs at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center
CUNY Graduate Center
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York brings together graduate education, advanced research, and public programming to midtown Manhattan hosting 4,600 students, 33 doctoral programs, 7 master's programs, and 30 research centers and institutes...
.
He was the father of physicist and Nobel prize winner David J. Gross . Since 1999, the campaign to abolish poverty/full employment Coalition presents the Annual Bertram Gross Award.
Publications
Gross has written several books and articles. A selection:- 1954, The hard money crusade, with Wilfred Lumer, Washington: Public Affairs Institute.
- 1963, An annotated bibliography on national economic planning, Syracuse, N.Y.: Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
- 1964, The managing of organizations: The administrative struggle New York: Free Press of Glencoe.
- 1966, The state of the nation : social systems accounting, New York : Tavistock Publications, 1966, 166 p.
- 1967, (eds.) Social goals and indicators for American society, Philadelphia: American Academy of Political and Social Science.
- 1967, Action under planning: The guidance of economic development, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
- 1968, Organizations and their managing, New York: Free Press.
- 1968, A great society?, New York: Basic Books.
- 1970, Political intelligence for America's future, with Michael Springer, Philadelphia: None.
- 1978, The Legislative Struggle: A Study in Social Combat, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
- 1980, Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America, New York: M. Evans.
- 1993, Legislative strategy: Shaping public policy, with Edward V. Schneier, New York: St. Martin's Press.
- 1993, Congress today, with Edward V. Schneier, New York: St. Martin's Press.
- 1993, Human rights for the 2lst century, foundations for responsible hope: A U.S. post Soviet dialogue Armonk,, with Peter H. Juviler, V.A. Kartashkin & E.A. Lukasheva (eds.), New York: M.E. Sharpe.
External links
- Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America.
- Friendly Fascism, excerpts from the book.
- Frienndly Fascism: A review by Dale Wharton