Ruth S. Morgenthau
Ruth Schachter Morgenthau (January 26, 1931 – November 4, 2006), was a professor of international politics at Brandeis University and an advisor to President Jimmy Carter on rural development in poor countries.
Ruth Schachter Morgenthau | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ruth Schachter January 26, 1931 |
| Died | November 4, 2006 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Barnard College Institut d'Études Politiques Oxford |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 (including Kramer) |
Biography
She was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 26, 1931, as Ruth Schachter. Her parents, Osias Schachter and Mizia (Kramer) Schachter, owned a textile importing company until they fled from the Nazis in 1940. She graduated from Barnard College in 1952, then attended the Institut d'Études Politiques in Paris as a Fulbright scholar. In 1958, she received a doctorate in politics from Oxford.
She was a member of the United States Mission to the United Nations, and in 1988 ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic candidate for Congress in Rhode Island.[1] She was an advocate of ''bottom-up'' aid to farmers and villagers in the third world and was a mentor to Nancy Hafkin who brought the internet connectivity to Africa.[2]
Ruth married to Henry Morgenthau in 1962. They had two sons: Henry (Ben) Morgenthau (born 1964) and cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau (born 1966); and a daughter, Sarah Elinor Morgenthau Wessel (born 1963).[1][3][4]
She died on November 4, 2006, aged 75, in Boston, Massachusetts.[5]
Awards
In 1964, she wrote Political Parties in French-Speaking West Africa,[6] which won the 1965 Herskovitz Prize.[7]
References
- Hevesi, Dennis (2006-11-12). "Ruth S. Morgenthau, 75, an Adviser to Carter, Is Dead". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- "Nancy Hafkin | Internet Hall of Fame". www.internethalloffame.org. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
- Morgenthau Family Tree Archived 2015-12-20 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved October 3, 2015
- New York Times: "WEDDINGS; Carlton Wessel, Sarah Morgenthau", nytimes.com, September 6, 1993.
- Hevesi, Dennis (2006-11-12). "Ruth S. Morgenthau, 75, an Adviser to Carter". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- Morgenthau, Ruth Schachter (1964). Political Parties in French-Speaking West Africa (First ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821624-7.
- "Melville J. Herskovits Award Winners". African Studies Association.
External links
- Papers of Ruth S. Morgenthau, 1925-2006 (inclusive), 1963-2000 (bulk): A Finding Aid. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.