Background
Viederman, Stephen was born on March 21, 1935 in Jamaica, New York, United States. Son of Joseph and Dorothy (Edelberg) Viederman.
Viederman, Stephen was born on March 21, 1935 in Jamaica, New York, United States. Son of Joseph and Dorothy (Edelberg) Viederman.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1955. Master of Arts in History, Columbia University, 1957.
Director foreign student admissions, Columbia University, New York City, 1957-1959;
deputy chairman inter-university committee, Columbia University/Indiana U., New York City and Bloomington, 1959-1965;
executive associate, Carnegie Corporation, New York City, 1965-1967;
executive secretary, behavioral and social science survey, National Academy Sciences, Washington, 1967-1969;
assistant director, demographic division, Population Council, New York City, 1969-1976;
director, Population Tribune, Bucharest, Romania, 1974;
executive director, Global Perspectives in Education, New York City, 1976-1977;
various positions, United Nations Population Fund, New York City, 1977-1986;
president, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, New York City, since 1986. Board directors World Environment Center, 1990-1996, New York Rainforest Foundation, New York City, 1992, Rainforest Foundation International. Treasurer Consultative Group onBiodiversity, New York City, 1987-1991.
Management committee Environmental Grantmakers Association, Philadelphia, 1987-1990. Commission on international grantmaking Council on Founds., Washington, 1987-1991. Board advisors Seventh Generation Products for a Healthy Environment, New York City since 1990.
Member science advising committee Siena (Italy) Center for Ecological Economics. Board directors New Perspective for Democracy. Advising committee First National People of Color Environmental Summit, 1990-1991.
Member sustainable agricultural advisory committee University California, Santa Cruz. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society for Ecological Economics (vice president), Council Foreign Relations.
Married Gretchen Langrock, June 6, 1957. Children: Laura, Daniel.