Summary
Robert Danton Reischauer (born 1941) is an economist and was one of the two public trustees of the Medicare and Social Security Trust Fund. He is a nationally known expert on the federal budget, health reform, Medicare, and Social Security. Most recently (2000–2012) he served as president of the Urban Institute, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. He is the son of Japan scholar Edwin O. Reischauer.
Bob Reischauer | |
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| 3rd Director of the Congressional Budget Office | |
| In office March 6, 1989 – February 28, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | James Blum (acting) |
| Succeeded by | June E. O'Neill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Danton Reischauer 1941 (age 82–83) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relatives | Edwin O. Reischauer (father) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (MIA, PhD) |
Career edit
Congressional Budget Office edit
Reischauer was director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) from 1989 to 1995. He helped Alice Rivlin set up the CBO in 1975, and served as the assistant director for human resources and its deputy director between 1977 and 1981.[1]
Urban Institute and Brookings Institution edit
Reischauer served as senior vice president of the Urban Institute from 1981 to 1986. He was a senior fellow of economic studies at the Brookings Institution from 1986 to 1989 and from 1995 to 2000. He began his tenure as the second president of the Urban Institute in February 2000 and left that role in 2012.[2]
Board Memberships and Expert Commentary edit
Reischauer serves on the boards of several educational and nonprofit organizations, including the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.[3] He was a member of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission from 2000 to 2009 and was its vice chair from 2001 to 2008. He frequently contributes to the opinion pages of the nation's major newspapers, comments on public policy developments on radio and television, and testifies before congressional committees.[4]
Reischauer was also Senior Fellow of the Harvard Corporation from 2010 to 2014.[5][6]
Education edit
Reischauer attended Harvard University (A.B. in political science) and Columbia University (M.I.A. in International Relations and Ph.D. in economics).
Bibliography edit
- Robert Danton Reischauer; Robert W. Hartman (1973). Reforming school finance. Brookings Institution. ISBN 978-0-8157-7396-2.
- Henry J. Aaron; Robert Danton Reischauer (2001). Countdown to Reform: The Great Social Security Debate. Century Foundation Press. ISBN 978-0-87078-462-0.
References edit
- ^ Congressional Budget Office: Staffing and Organization
- ^ Urban Institute Officers http://www.urban.org/about/
- ^ "Board Members". 2019-10-06.
- ^ Testimony and Commentary from author Robert D. Reischauer, The Urban Institute
- ^ "Harvard Corporation - Harvard University". www.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-04-15.
- ^ "Corporation Fellows Pass the Baton". 2014-05-02.