Guthrie Sweeney Birkhead

Background

Birkhead, Guthrie Sweeney was born on October 28, 1920 in Holden, Missouri, United States. Son of Guthrie Sweeney and Yula Donna (Glass) Birkhead.

Education

A.A., Jefferson Missouri Junior College, 1940; Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Missouri, 1942; A.M., U. Missouri, 1947; Master of Arts, Princeton, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Politics, Princeton, 1951.

Career

Member faculty, Syracuse University, since 1950; professor political science, Syracuse University, since 1960; department chairman, Syracuse University, 1959-1962, 66-67; director metropolitan studies program, Syracuse University, 1968-1973; associate dean, Maxwell School, 1973-1977; dean, Maxwell School, 1977-1988. Also director public administration programs, 1959-1962. Director research United Nations Institute Public Administration for Turkey and Middle East, 1955-1956.

Consultant Pakistan Administrative Staff College, Lahore, 1962-1964, Ford Foundation, Pakistan, 1967-1968.

Achievements

• Guthrie Sweeney Birkhead has been listed as a notable Political scientist, university dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Administrative Problems in Pakistan.

    (From the dust jacket: "This examination of public adminis...)

Membership

Chairman public finance committee Community Renewal Plan, Syracuse, New York, 1970-1972. Executive director committee local government and home rule New York State Constitutional Convention, 1967, Syracuse Charter Commission, 1972-1974. Member National Committee Water Quality Policy National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, 1974-1976.

Commission to review the metropolitan Washington area water supply study National Academy Engineering/National Research Council, 1977-1984. Served with infantry Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow National Academy Public Administration.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Public Administration, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Louise Gartner, Aug.16, 1952. Children— Guthrie Sweeney III, Richard Gartner, Evan Clark.

Father:

Guthrie Sweeney Birkhead

Mother:

Yula Donna (Glass) Birkhead

Spouse:

Louise Gartner