Charles E. Silberman
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Born | Charles Eliot Silberman January 31, 1925 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | February 5, 2011 Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | (aged 86)
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Nationality | American |
Education | Columbia University (BA) |
Notable awards | Gerald Loeb Award (1966) |
Children | 4 |
Charles Eliot Silberman (January 31, 1925 – February 5, 2011)[1] was an American journalist and author.
Silberman was born in Des Moines, Iowa. After service in the Pacific during World War II, he gained a B.A. in Economics from Columbia University in 1946 and also undertook graduate studies at Columbia. Subsequently, he taught at Columbia and City College of New York before joining Fortune magazine in 1953 where he remained until the early 1970s.[1]
He was the author of Criminal Violence, Criminal Justice (1978), a study of crime and the
Silberman used econometric methods to measure the effectiveness in terms of criminal
Silberman's book Crisis in the Classroom: The Remaking of American Education is regarded as one of the leading investigations into and critiques of the performance of the American educational system and has been praised for its scope and insight.[3]
He was also the author of Crisis in Black and White and A Certain People: American Jews and Their Lives Today.[4]
Silberman died on February 5, 2011, in Sarasota, Florida, aged 86. He had four sons and seven grandchildren.
Awards
- 1966 Gerald Loeb Award for Magazines for "Technology and the Labor Market"[5]
References
- ^ a b Margalit Fox (13 February 2011). "Charles E. Silberman, Who Wrote About Racism in the U.S., Dies at 86". New York Times.
- ^ "Charles E. Silberman". Harper's magazine.
- ^ Rodney P. Smith. "Crisis in the Classroom: A Critique" (PDF).
- ^ "Charles E. Silberman (1925–2011)".
- ^ "Loeb Awards announced for editor and professor". The New York Times. April 27, 1966. p. 94. Retrieved February 6, 2019.