Samuel Gubins

Samuel Gubins (born 1942)[1] is an American economist. He held leadership roles at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia from 1981 to 1995 and the nonprofit academic publisher Annual Reviews from 1995 to 2015. He is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Samuel Gubins
Born1942 (age 80–81)
Education
SpouseEleanor Bush Gubins
Awards
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisThe impact of age and education on the effectiveness of training: a benefit-cost analysis

Education

Samuel Gubins attended Reed College where he graduated with a B.A. in 1964.[2] He graduated with a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in economics in 1970.[3][4]

Career

From 1968–1981, he was assistant professor of economics at Haverford College. He was also vice president for finance at Haverford. He was senior vice president at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia from 1981–1995. In 1995, Gubins became president and editor-in-chief of the nonprofit publishing company Annual Reviews, a position he held until 2015 when he was succeeded by Richard Gallagher.[3] During his tenure at Annual Reviews, it added new journal titles in 20 subjects, going from 26 to 46 journals.[5] He also oversaw the electronic publishing of the journals for the first time, starting with the Annual Review of Sociology and the Annual Review of Medicine.[6] He remains on the board of Annual Reviews as of 2020.[7] He has served on the board of directors of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics since 1982.[4][8]

Honors

In 2008, Gubins was elected a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[3][9]

Personal life

His wife is Eleanor Bush Gubins,[10][11] who was an assistant professor of economics and political science at Rosemont College.[12]

References
  1. "Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 1780–2019" (PDF). p. 247. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. "The American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Reed College. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. "Samuel Gubins". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. April 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  4. "Sam Gubins". Annual Reviews Investment Corporation. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  5. "Browse Journals". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. Finn, Robert (18 August 1996). "Scientific Publishers Increasing Electronic Information Offerings". The Scientist. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  7. "Our Team". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. "Leadership". Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  9. "Search: Gubins". American Association for the Advancement of Science. 9 October 2020.
  10. American Political Science Association (1967). "Dissertations-in-Preparation: Additions, Changes, and Deletions since the 1966 Listing". The American Political Science Review. 61 (3): 853. JSTOR 1976109.
  11. Seltzer, Ruth (21 January 1986). "Dinosaur parties: Festive to the bone". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  12. "Eleanor Gubins". Rosemont College. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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