Background
Rosovsky, Henry was born on September 1, 1927 in Danzig. Came to United States, 1940, naturalized, 1949. Son of Selig S. and Sophie (Rosovsky) Rosovsky.
Rosovsky, Henry was born on September 1, 1927 in Danzig. Came to United States, 1940, naturalized, 1949. Son of Selig S. and Sophie (Rosovsky) Rosovsky.
AB, College William and Mary, 1949. Doctor of Laws, College William and Mary, 1976. A.M. (John E. Thayer scholar), Harvard University, 1953.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1959. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Yeshiva University, 1977. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 1978.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Colgate University, 1979. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Brandeis University, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1982.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Queen's University, Ontario, 1984. Honorary Doctor of Laws, University Hartford, 1984. Honorary Doctor of Laws, City University of New York, 1986.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University Massachusetts, 1986. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Harvard University, 1998. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew College, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1987.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New York University, 1993. DL, St. Mary's College Maryland, 1989. DL, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1995.
Doctor of Education with Honors, Williams University, 2008.
From assistant professor to professor economics and history University California-, Berkeley, 1958-1965. Chairman Center Japanese and Korean Studies, 1962-1965. Professor economics Harvard University, since 1965, Walter S. Barker professor economics, 1975-1984, Geyser university professor, 1984-1996, Geyser university professor emeritus, since 1996, chairman department, 1969-1972, dean Faculty Arts and Sciences, 1973-1984.
Associate director East Asia Research Center, 1967-1969. Member Harvard University corporation, 1985-1997. Visiting professor Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, 1957, Tokyo University, 1962, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1965.
Honorary director Japan Fund. Director emeritus Corning, Inc. Honorary professor Centro University Francisco, De Vitoria, Madrid, 1996.
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Author: Capital Formation in Japan, 1868-1940, 1961, Quantitative Japanese Economic History, 1961, (with K. Ohkawa) Japanese Economic Growth, 1973, The University: An Owner's Manual, 1990. Editor: Explorations in Entrepreneurial History, 1954-1956, Industrialization in Two Systems, 1966, Discord in the Pacific, 1972, (with H. Patrick) Asia's New Giant, 1976, (with P. Higonnet, D. Landes) Favorites of Fortune, 1991, (with S. Kumon) The Political Economy of Japan, Volume 3: Cultural and Social Dynamics, 1992.
As an economic historian, specialised in the study of modern economic growth in nineteenth-century Japan. Also attempted to consider Japanese economic growth in comparative perspective.
Chairman board trustees American Jewish Congress, 1975-1988. Served to lst lieutenant Army of the United States, 1946-1947, 50-52. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society.
Member American Economic Association, Economic History Association, Association Asian Studies, Chevalier, Legion of Honor, Order of Sacred Treasure, Star (Japan).
Married Nitza Brown, June 17, 1956. Children– Leah, Judith, Michael.