vita theodore j. lowi - Department of Government at Cornell University

VITA
THEODORE J. LOWI
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
FAMILY STATUS:
July 9, 1931; Gadsden, Alabama
married, two children
EDUCATION: Michigan State University, B.A., 1954
Yale University, M.A., 1955
Yale University, Ph.D., 1961
OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND:
1956-1957 Research Associate, Russell Sage Foundation Project on New York City
1958-1959 Metropolitan Region Program, Columbia University
1959-1965 Instructor, Assistant Professor of Government, Cornell University
1965-1969 Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
1969-1972 Professor, University of Chicago
1972-present John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions, Cornell University
FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS:
J. Kimbrough Owen Award of the American Political Science Association, 1962
Social Science Research Council Fellowship, 1963-64
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1967-68
Selection of The End of Liberalism by Citation Classics
Listed in a survey by members of the American Political Science Association as the political scientist who made
the most significant contribution during the 1970's
Doctor of Humane Studies (Honorary), Oakland University, June 1972
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (member Nominating Committee and Publications Committee)
Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1977-78
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1977-78
Chair in American Civilization, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris 1981-82, auspices of
French-American Foundation
Chair, American Studies Seminar, Kyoto, Japan, Summer 1983
Clark Distinguished Teaching Award, Cornell University, Spring 1985
Neustadt Award, The Personal President, for the best book on the presidency published in 1985
National Academy of Sciences, Visitor Exhange Program, People's Republic of China,
May-June 1986
American Political Science Association, Vice-President, 1986; President, 1991
Harold D. Lasswell Award of the Policy Studies Organization, 1986, for substantive contribution to the study of
public policy
Selection as one of 40 Fulbright 40th Anniversary Distinguished Fellows, 1986-87: activities included services as
the Fulbright Speaker at Conference on Democracy, Brussels, Belgium
Caroline Werner Gannett Professor in the Humanities, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1986-87

Selected one of two Americans to present a paper at the first meeting of U.S. and Soviet political scientists,
Williamsburg, VA, October 7-10, 1987
Doctor of Letters (Honorary), SUNY/Stony Brook, 1988
Recognition by Policy Studies Organization with a new prize, the Theodore Lowi Prize for the best paper
published each year in the Policy Studies Journal
Doctorats Honoris Causa, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, 1993
Outstanding Mentor of Women in Political Science Award presented by the Women's Caucus for Political
Science, 1996
International Political Science Association: First Vice President, 1994-1997; President, 1997-2000; President
Emeritus, 2000-2003
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
International Political Science Association: First Vice President, 1994-1997; President, 1997-2000;
President Emeritus, 2000-2003
American Political Science Association: Vice-President, 1985-86; President, 1991
President, Policy Studies Organization, 1976-77
Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Panel on Information Technology, 1984-86
Lectures Abroad: University of Paris (Sorbonne, Vincennes, Nanterre, and Sciences Politiques) Bordeaux &
Grenoble; London School of Economics; Strathclyde; Keele; Edinburgh; East-West Center, Honolulu;
Oslo and Bergen, Norway; Kyoto, Tokyo, Nagoya and Fukuoka, Japan; Seoul, Kwangju, Taegu and
Pusan, Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; Beijing, Wuhan, Shanghai and Hangzhou, China. Keynote Address,
British Political Studies Association, 1986; Brussels & Ghent, Belgium; Berlin, Mannheim, & Heidelberg,
Germany; Madrid, Spain; Lisbon & Porto, Portugal; Milan, Bologna, Padua, Trento, Naples, Salerno,
Catania, Italy; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, & Brisbane, Australia; Jerusalem
BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS:
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in American Education
Who's Who in the East
Who's Who in the World
Biographical Directory, American Political Science Assoc., 1994-96
American Men and Women of Science
International Scholars Directory
Dictionary of International Biography
Dictionary of American Politics and Government (Dorsey, 1988)