Background
Golden was born October 25, 1909 in New New York His parents were both the children of poor Lithuanian immigrants to the United States., and his father worked in the textile industry and later became a banker.
philanthropist investment banker Masters
Golden was born October 25, 1909 in New New York His parents were both the children of poor Lithuanian immigrants to the United States., and his father worked in the textile industry and later became a banker.
Bachelor of Arts Pennsylvania, 1930. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1979. Postgraduate business administration, Harvard University, 1931.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Polytechnic Institute New York, 1975. Doctor of Science (honorary), Bard College, 1988. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1979.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University, 1986. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Hamilton College, 1987. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), City University of New York, 1997.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Mount Sinai School Medicine, New York University, 2000.
Assistant to president, Cornell, Linder & Company. New York City, 1931-1934;
with, Carl M. Loeb & Company, Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Company, 1934-1941;
director, Woodward Iron Company, 1940-1968;
assistant to commissioner, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1946-1950;
consultant, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1950-1958;
Chairman of the Board, National United States Radiator Company (and successor companies), 1952-1974;
director, Pittsburgh Railways Company, 1952-1963;
director, United Carbon Company, 1957-1963;
director, Crowell-Collier and Macmillan, Inc., 1964-1971;
director, Paribas Corporation, 1965-1969;
trustee, Mitre Corporation, 1958-1972, 76-85;
trustee, System Development Corporation, 1957-1966;
chairman of the board of trustees, System Development Corporation, 1961-1966. Special consultant on review government science activities President Truman, Washington, 1950-1951.
Advisor on National Science Foundation to director Bureau Budget, 1950-1951. Member military procurement task force Commision on Organisation Executive Branch Government, Hoover Commission, 1954-1955. Member of advisory commission on private enterprise in foreign aid, United States State Department, 1964-1965.
Public member Hudson Institute, 1964-1994. Member of commission on delivery personal health services Mayor's Piel Commission, 1966-1968. Member of advisory councilSch.
General Studies, Columbia University, New York City, since 1966. Member visiting commission on astronomy Princeton (New Jersey) U., since 1969, chairman, 1976-1989. Member visiting commission on engineering and applied physics and on medicine and dental medicine Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1977, member visiting commission on astronomy, 1976-1990.
Member visiting committee Association Universities for Research in Astronomy, 1973-1976, director at large, 1988-1991, Distinguished advisor, since 1991. Member visiting committee Space Telescope Science Institute, 1982-1987. Member of advisory panel on space transportation operations National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1976-1977.
Member of advisory panel United States Postal Service, 1981-1983. Vice chairman Mayor's Commision on Science and Technology, 1983-1991, honorary chair, since 1992, Commission College Retirement, 1984-1988, Scientists Institute Public Information, 1985-1994. Co-chairman Carnegie Commision on Science, Technology and Government, 1988-1996.
Board directors Verde Exploration, Ltd., Inc., Block Drug Company, Inc. Board directors emeritus General American Investors Company.
Trustee Hebrew Free Loan Society, 1935—2007, treasurer, 1985—2000, United Neighborhood Hos., 1952—1961, Associated Hospital Service New York, 1959—1974, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 1965—1974, Riverside Research Institute, 1967—1976, NYC-Rand Institute, 1969—1975, Center for Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, 1970—1976, Bennington College, 1971—1976, Haskins Laboratories, 1971—1992, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Institute of Mathematics and Society, 1973—1991, Columbia University Press, 1974—1977, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1978—1981, National Humanities Center, 1978—1990, emeritus, 1990—2007. Trustee Population Council, 1979—1989, Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, from 1981, University Pennsylvania Press, from 1985. Member Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, from 1968, trustee, 1968—1987, trustee emeritus, 1987.
Trustee Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, from 1955, vice chairman, from 1977. Governing council Courant Institute of Mathematics Sciences, New York University, 1962—1991, vice chairman, 1962—1986, chairman, 1986—1991. Trustee Mount Sinai Medical School, from 1963, vice chairman, from 1977.
Trustee New York Foundation, 1963—1984, treasurer, 1974—1978. Chairman board trustees City University Construction Fund, 1967—1971. Executive committee Health Research Council, 1968—1975.
Trustee American Museum Natural History, from 1968, vice president, 1971—1988, vice chairman, 1988—1989, chairman, 1989—1994, chairman emeritus, from 1994. Trustee Carnegie Institution Washington, from 1969, secretary, 1971—1999, senior trustee, from 2000. Trustee Barnard College, from 1973, vice chairman, 1975—1979, 1986—1992, treasurer, 1980—1983, honorary vice chairman, 1992—1998, emeritus, from 1998.
Trustee New York Council for Humanities, 1975—1978, chairman, 1976—1978. Board overseers School Arts and Sciences, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1976—1997, emeritus, from 1997. Council member Rockefeller University, from 1978.
Board visitors Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York, 1979—1996, board directors Graduate Center Foundation, from 1996. Trustee American Trust for British Library., 1980—1992, from 1998, vice chairman, 1985—1992, co-chairman, treasurer, from 1998. Trustee Neurosci. Research Foundation, 1981—1999, chairman, 1981—1987, Black Rock Forest Consortium, from 1988.
Advisory board Johns Hopkins School Hygiene and Public Health, 1995—1998. Trustee After School Corporation, 1999—2007. Board directors Grad School Arts and Science Alumni Association, Columbia University, 1984—1993, vice chairman, 1984—1991.
Board directors International University Exchange, Inc., 1996—2007. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (treasurer, board directors 1969-2000, treasurer emeritus 2000, Lifetime Achievement award 2001), New York Academy of Sciences (honorary life. Member board governors 1977-2007, president 1988, chairman 1989, life governor 1991), American Academy Arts and Sciences (Scholar-Patriot award 2001), Association Women in Science, New York Academy Medicine.
Member National Academy Public Administration, American Philosophical Society (member council 1985-1991, vice president 1992-2007, Benjamin Franklin award for distinguished public service 1995), History of Science Society, Council Foreign Relations, Army and Navy Club, Cosmos Club (Washington), Century Association.
Married Sibyl Levy, May 2, 1938 (deceased 1983). Children: Sibyl Rebecca, Pamela Prudence. Married Jean E. Taylor, July 8, 2001 (divorced August 3, 2005).
Married Catherine Morrison, February 3, 2007.