The Board of Trustees is pleased and proud to announce the formation of the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Social Sciences. The Advisory Council is designed to be an assembly of accomplished scholars, experts, and practitioners in the social sciences and related fields whom the Board of Trustees and Officers can call upon for advice and counsel.
In Memoriam: Paul Edward Farmer, 1959 – 2022
National Institute Mourns Paul Volcker
The National Institute of Social Sciences mourns the passing of Paul A. Volcker, former chair of the Federal Reserve, who died on December 8. Mr. Volcker, whose aggressive policies are credited with subduing the country’s rampant inflation of the 1970s and 1980s, received the National Institute’s Gold Medal in 1988.
National Institute Mourns the Passing of Robert Morgenthau
The National Institute of Social Sciences mourns the passing of former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. Mr. Morgenthau, who served as Manhattan’s D.A. for more than 30 years, died on Sunday, July 21. He was 99. The National Institute had honored Mr. Morgenthau with a Gold Medal for Distinguished Service to Humanity in 2008, and he had served as one of the National Institute’s honorary trustees for many years.