Robert D. Putnam — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Recipient of the Skytte Prize, the most prestigious global award in political science, and the National Humanities Medal.
Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University since 1979.
Developed the influential two-level game theory and the concept of social capital.
Author of fourteen books, including "Bowling Alone," "Making Democracy Work," and "Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis."
Past president of the American Political Science Association.
Holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and graduated from Swarthmore College.
Consulted for three American presidents, three British prime ministers, and the French president.

Biography

Robert D. Putnam is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he has been on the faculty since 1979.

Born on January 9, 1941, in Rochester, New York, he graduated from Swarthmore College in 1963 and earned his master's degree and doctorate from Yale University in 1970. He previously taught at the University of Michigan.