Background
Rashish, Myer was born on November 10, 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Aaron Joshua and Pearl (Steinberg) Rashish.
Rashish, Myer was born on November 10, 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Aaron Joshua and Pearl (Steinberg) Rashish.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1944; A.M., Harvard University, 1947.
He then received an Master of Arts in economics from Harvard University in 1947. Rashish spent the 1940s teaching economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Williams College, Tufts College, and Bowdoin College. Rashish moved to Washington, District of Columbia in 1952.
In 1956, he became chief economist and staff director of the Subcommittee on Foreign Trade Policy and the United States House Committee on Ways and Means.
In 1960-1961, President-elect of the United States John F. Kennedy named Rashis secretary of his Task Force on Foreign Economic Policy and the Task Force on the Balance of Payments. From 1961 to 1963, he was Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, in which capacity he played a major role in the passage of the Trade Expansion Acting of 1962.
Rashish became a private economist in 1963. From 1967 to 1971, he was a consultant to the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee.
He later served on the presidentially appointed Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and was elected Chairman in 1980.
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Rashish as Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and, after Senate confirmation, Rashish held that office from June 29, 1981 until January 20, 1982. Rashish died of lung cancer at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, District of Columbia on May 22, 1995, at the age of 70.
Member Council Foreign Relations, International Institute Strategic Studies, American Economics Association.
Married Bernice Osheroff, June 20, 1948. Children: Peter Seth, Alisa Jessica, Andrea Beth.