William Arthur Galston (/ˈɡɔːlstən/; born January 17, 1946) is an American author, academic, and political advisor,[4] who holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies and is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.[5][6] Formerly the Saul Stern Professor and Dean at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland and a professor of political science at the University of Texas, Austin,[7] Galston specializes in issues of U.S. public philosophy and political institutions, having joined the Brookings Institution on January 1, 2006.[6]

William Galston
Born
William Arthur Galston

(1946-01-17) January 17, 1946 (age 78)
EducationCornell University (BA)
University of Chicago (MA, PhD)
SpouseMiriam Galston
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He is the son of Yale University plant physiologist Arthur Galston.[8]

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He was deputy assistant for domestic policy to U.S. President Bill Clinton (January 1993 – May 1995).[1][5][7] He has also been employed by the presidential campaigns of Al Gore (1988, 2000),[9][10] Walter Mondale,[10] and John B. Anderson.[11] Since 1995, Galston has served as a founding member of the Board of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and as chair of the Campaign's Task Force on Religion and Public Values.[citation needed]

Galston had once served in the United States Marine Corps as a sergeant.[5] He was educated at Cornell, where he was a member of the Telluride House, and the University of Chicago,[9] where he got his Ph.D.[5][9] He then taught for nearly a decade in the Department of Government at the University of Texas.[5] From 1998 until 2005 he was professor of public policy at the University of Maryland. Later he was executive director for the National Commission on Civic Renewal.[5][7] Galston founded, with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.[5] He was also director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy,[5] both located at the University of Maryland.

He has written on questions of political and moral philosophy, U.S. politics and public policy,[5] having produced eight books and more than one hundred articles.[7] His most recent book is Public Matters: Politics, Policy, and Religion in the 21st Century (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005).[5] Galston is also a co-author of Democracy at Risk: How Political Choices Undermine Citizen Participation and What We Can Do About It, published by the Brookings Press.[5]

Galston became an op-ed columnist for the Wall Street Journal in 2013. In 2014, he continued public commentary on partisan politics.[12][13]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Beem, Christopher (January 1, 2002). "William Galston". In Utter, Glenn H.; Lockhart, Charles (eds.). American Political Scientists: A Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 125. ISBN 9780313319570. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  2. ^ Warshaw, Shirley Anne (2004). "William A. Galston". Presidential Profiles: The Clinton Years. Infobase Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 0-8160-5333-2. LCCN 2004040351. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  3. ^ "Dr. William A. Galston". National Endowment for Democracy. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  4. ^ "Galston, William A. 1946- (William Arthur) [WorldCat Identities]". Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "William Galston". Center for International Media Assistance. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  6. ^ a b "William Galston". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  7. ^ a b c d "William A. Galston". Brookings. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  8. ^ Chou, Cecelia. Arthur William Galston (1920–2008) The Embryo Project Encyclopedia. published 2017-04-27.
  9. ^ a b c "William A. Galston". Brookings. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  10. ^ a b "William Galston". Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  11. ^ "William Galston Oral History, Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy". 27 October 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  12. ^ Balz, Dan; Rucker, Philip (February 16, 2016). "Democrats' next leaders will grapple with schism". Washington Post. p. A17. William A. Galston of the Brookings Institution said, "It's not just a case of the very rich getting richer. If that were the only thing going on I think we'd be having a very different conversation. It's also a case of the people in the middle at best treading water and in fact doing a little bit worse than that."
  13. ^ "William A.Galston - News, Articles, Biography, Photos". WSJ.com. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
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