__NOTOC__ Howard Husock is vice president for policy research at the

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, where he is also director of its Social Entrepreneurship Initiative and a contributing editor to the Institute's quarterly magazine, '' City Journal''. He is the author of the blog ''Philanthropy and Society'' on

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and author of the book ''Philanthropy Under Fire''. Husock was nominated for the

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Board of Directors by President

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in June 2013 and confirmed by the

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in August 2013.www.whitehouse.gov
/ref> From 1987 through 2006, Husock served as director of case studies in public policy and management at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, where he was also a fellow at the

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. His publications on the nonprofit sector have appeared in ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''National'' ''Affairs'', ''Society'' ''Magazine'', ''The'' ''Chronicle'' ''of Philanthropy'', ''The Public Interest'', ''The New York Times'', and the ''Washington'' ''Post''. In addition, Husock has written widely on housing and urban policy, including in his book, ''The Trillion-Dollar Housing Mistake: The Failure of American Housing Policy'' (Ivan R. Dee, 2003) and his monograph ''Repairing the Ladder: Toward a New Housing Policy Paradigm'' (Reason Foundation, 1996). His work has also appeared in the ''Journal of Policy Analysis and Management'', ''Philanthropy'', and ''The Wilson Quarterly''. Husock is a former broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker whose work at

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in Boston won three Emmy awards. His WGBH series ''Community Disorder: Racial Violence in Boston ''(1979) won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism award for television. His WGBH credits include ''The Paterson Project: One City in the Reagan Era ''(1982); ''Pat Ewing and an American Dream'' (1981); ''Meet Tom Menino'' (1983); ''The World Halfball Tournament'' (1983) and ''America’s First School: 350 Years at Boston Latin'' (1984).

Personal life

Husock is a graduate of the Boston University School of Public Communication and was a 1981-82 mid-career fellow at

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's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is married to ceramic sculptor Robin Henschel and the father of three adult sons. He currently resides with his wife in New York.

''Philanthropy Under Fire''

In ''Philanthropy Under Fire'', Husock advocates for independent philanthropy by private entities over government intervention to relieve societal ills. significant political and intellectual challenges which threaten it today.

References

External links

* ;Articles
Huscok's articles
(via Manhattan Institute) ;Blog * Forbes.com's
Philanthropy and Society
;Books * ''Philanthropy Under Fire'',

2003 ;Research * ttp://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cb_14.htm Let's Break Up the Big Cities''Civic Bulletin'' 14, May 1998 ;Testimony
Testimony by Husock on How Housing Policy can Reduce Dependency – and Poverty
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07-21-10 {{DEFAULTSORT:Husock, Howard Living people American male journalists American political writers Boston University College of Communication alumni Jewish American writers Princeton School of Public and International Affairs alumni Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American Jews