Background
Hurewitz, J.C. was born on November 11, 1914 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Isaac S. and Ida (Aronson) Hurewitz.
Hurewitz, J.C. was born on November 11, 1914 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Isaac S. and Ida (Aronson) Hurewitz.
Bachelor, Trinity College, Hartford, 1936. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1950.
Doctor of Letters, Trinity College, 1962. Doctor of Humane Letters, Gratz College, 1990.
Senior political analyst Office of Strategic Services, 1943-1945, United States Department State, 1945-1946. Political advisory United States Cabinet Committee on Palestine, 1946. Political affairs officer United Nations Secretariat, 1949-1950.
Professor Middle East political history Dropsie College, Philadelphia, 1949-1956. Member faculty Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, School International Affairs, Columbia University, New York City, 1950-1984, professor government, 1958-1984, professor emeritus, 1985—2008. Director Middle East Institute, 1971-1984.
Visiting professor political science Johns Hopkins School Advanced International Studies, 1956, Cornell University, 1970. Consultant Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1954, Rand Corporation, 1962-1971, American Council Learned Societies, 1963-1964, United States Department State, 1966-1971, United States Department Defense, 1970-1974, Stanford Research Institute, 1973-1976, ABC News, 1979. Founder, chairman University Seminar on the Middle East, Columbia University, 1971–2008.
Board research consultant Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, 1972-1990, Institute Foreign Policy Analysis, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1990. Resident fellow Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1962-1963, Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, 1965-1966. Organizer, director international conferences on Middle East.
Participant Dartmouth American-Soviet Conference XII, 1979.
Member advisory panel on technical transfer to Middle East, Congress Office of Technology Assessment, 1982-1984. Served with United States Army, 1942-1943. Fellow Middle East Studies Association (founding fellow).
Member American History Association, Middle East Institute Washington (governor 1964-1981), American Political Science Association, Academy Political Science, Council Foreign Relations, American Institute Iranian Studies (founding member, 1st vice president 1968-1969), International Institute Strategic Studies, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (founding member), American Research Center in Egypt (governor), Authors Guild, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Miriam Freund, March 29, 1946. Children: Barbara Jean, Ruth Anne.