Henry Rosovsky

Henry Rosovsky
Personal details
Born(1927-09-01)September 1, 1927
Free City of Danzig, (modern Gdansk, Poland)
DiedNovember 11, 2022(2022-11-11) (aged 95)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
SpouseNitza
Children3
Alma materA.B. College of William and Mary, PhD Harvard University
OccupationProfessor, college administrator

Henry Rosovsky (September 1, 1927 – November 11, 2022)[1] was an American economist and academic administrator who served as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University. Following a career as an economic historian specializing in East Asia, Rosovsky was named dean in 1973 by Harvard President Derek Bok.[2] He served from 1973 to 1984 and, again, in 1990 to 1991. He also served as acting president of Harvard[3] in 1984 and 1987. In 1985, Rosovsky became a member of Harvard’s governing body, the Harvard Corporation, until 1997. He was the first Harvard faculty member to do so in a century.

Rosovsky was a professor of economics and chair of Harvard’s Department of Economics.[4] He held the Geyser University Professorship Emeritus. He was married to retired former Harvard Semitic Museum curator and author Nitza Rosovsky. Together they had three children, Leah, Judith, and Michael.[5] In May 2020, Leah Rosovsky was appointed Stanford Calderwood Director of the Boston Athenæum.[6]

  1. ^ Marquis Who's Who Biographies, retrieved via LexisNexis Academic
  2. ^ "Bok Names Rosovsky as Faculty Dean | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  3. ^ "Harvard President Says He Will Leave Next Year". Los Angeles Times. 2000-05-23. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  4. ^ "Henry Rosovsky".
  5. ^ New York Times: June, 17, 1985: Leah Rosovsky becomes a bride
  6. ^ Kohli, Diti (May 6, 2020). "Veteran Harvard administrator will lead the Boston Athenaeum - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.