Background
Silk, Leonard Solomon was born on May 15, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry Lewis and Ida (Ender) Silk.
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Silk, Leonard Solomon was born on May 15, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry Lewis and Ida (Ender) Silk.
Bachelor of Arts Wisconsin, 1940. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke, 1947.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Duke, 1978. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Southeastern Massachusetts University, 1976. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Montclair State College, 1979.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Haverford College, 1989. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Southern Methodist University, 1987. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Dickinson College, 1988.
Instructor economics, Duke, 1941-1942;
Instructor economics, U. Maine, 1947-1948;
assistant professor economics, Simmons College, 1948-1950;
economist, Housing and Home Finance Agency, 1951;
assistant economics commissioner, United States mission to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1952-1954;
economics editor, Business Week magazine, 1954-1969;
senior editor, Business Week magazine, 1959-1969;
editor editorial page, chairman editorial board, Business Week magazine, 1967-1969;
member editorial board, New York Times, 1970-1976;
columnist, New York Times, 1970-1993;
editor, Economics Policy, 1992-1995;
Ford Foundation distinguished visiting research professor, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1965-1966;
visiting professor, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, 1968;
Adjunct Professor, American U., 1969-1995;
senior fellow, Brookings Institution, 1969-1995;
Distinguished professor, Pace U., 1980-1995;
Adjunct Professor, CUNY
senior research fellow Ralph Bunche Institute on United Nations, CUNY, 1992-1995. Member research advisory board Committee Economics Development, 1978-1993. Member steering group Task Force on War Against Poverty, 1964.
Consultant President's Advisory Committee onLabor-Management Policy, 1962. Member Carnegie Endowment Seminar on Space, President's Commision on Budget Concepts, 1967. Chairman Task Force on Employment and Income Maintenance, 1968-1969.
Consultant United Nations Development Program, 1992-1995. President National Assembly on Social Policy and Development, 1969-1971, New York State Council on Economics Education, 1973-1975. Distinguished scholar-in-residence Southern Methodist U., 1985.
Distinguished lecturer Emory University, 1988. Senior journalist in residence Duke U., 1989. District scholar-in-residence, Pace U., 1992-1995.
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Member board advisors University Massachusetts. Trustee Montclair Adult School, William Patterson College, Joint. Council Economic Education College of Atlantic, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories, 1991-1995.
Member board overseers Tuck School Business Administration, Dartmouth College. Member board visitors Graduate School City University of New York, member board directors Research Foundation. Member board visitors Trinity College, Duke University, Institute Policy Sciences, Duke University, Duke University Press, New School Social Research.
Advisor Lemberg Program in International Economics, Brandeis University. Member board visitors, member visiting committee social science University Chicago With United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Fellow National Association Business Economists.
Member National Assembly Social Policy and Development (president), American Economic Association, Council Foreign Relations, Century Association (member board managers), Pot and Kettle Club (Hulls Cove, Maine, board directors), Artus, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma (honorary fellow 1989), Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Bernice Harriet Scher, June 20, 1948. Children: Mark Reuel, Andrew David, Adam Jonathan.