Background
Berkowitz, Peter was born on August 5, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Howard and June (Golten) Berkowitz.
public policy and government educator
Berkowitz, Peter was born on August 5, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Howard and June (Golten) Berkowitz.
Bachelor English literature, Swarthmore College, 1981. Master of Arts philosophical, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy Political science, Yale University, 1987.
Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1990.
In philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. And a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Swarthmore College (1981). In 1997, after Harvard University president Neil Rudenstine rejected the Department of Government"s recommendation and denied his tenure, Berkowitz challenged the process by which Rudenstine reached his decision through Harvard"s internal grievance procedure.
In 2003, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts dismissed his case.
Berkowitz formerly served on the foreign policy advisory team of Republican Party presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani.
Berkowitz taught constitutional law and jurisprudence at George Mason University School of Law from 1999 to 2007, and political philosophy in the Department of Government at Harvard University from 1990 to 1999. Eventually, in 2000, he brought a lawsuit for breach of contract against Harvard alleging flaws in both the tenure review process and the grievance procedure.
He has defended George West. Bush and neoconservative policies. In 2003 he penned an article in The Weekly Standard defending philosopher Leo Strauss from detractors who claimed that Strauss taught an elite group who served in high positions in Bush administration to secretly manipulate policy for a neoconservative agenda.
Member of Hoover Institution (Tad and Dianne Taube senior fellow).