Donald Axelrod
{{short description|American academic and author}}
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| name = Donald Axelrod
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1916|01|15}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|03|15|1916|01|15}}
| death_place = Slingerlands, New York, U.S.
| title = Professor
| workplaces = State University of New York, Albany
Rockefeller Institute of Government
| spouse = Selma Sachs (m. 19??-1999; his death)[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesunion-albany/name/selma-axelrod-obituary?id=4948793 Obituary: Selma Axelrod], legacy.com. Accessed July 27, 2023.
| children = 2
}}
Donald Axelrod (January 15, 1916 – March 16, 1999) was Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the Department of Public Administration & Policy at the University at Albany (SUNYA). Axelrod also served as director of the Public Enterprise Project of the Rockefeller Institute of Government.[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/donald-axelrod/ Kirkus Review article on Axelrod's Shadow Government]
Career
Axelrod retired in 1971 from the New York State Office of the Budget as assistant state budget director after a 26-year career in public administration. He also served as a consultant to several foreign governments, including Turkey and Thailand, and was the author of several books, including Budgeting for Modern Government and Shadow Government: The Hidden World of Public Authorities. He was a member of the American Society of Public Administration.[https://www.albany.edu/updates/1999/4-21/ Obituary: Donald Axelrod], albany.edu. April 21, 2023. Accessed July 28, 2023.
Death
Axelrod died on March 16, 1999, at his home in Slingerlands, New York, after a long battle with cancer, aged 83. His immediate survivors were his wife, Selma ({{nee}} Sachs; November 4, 1916 — January 9, 2009) and two children.[http://www.albany.edu/~milne/01-15-2009.html Obituary for Mrs. Selma Axelrod], albany.edu. Accessed July 27, 2023.
References
External links
- [http://www.albany.edu/updates/1999/4-21/index.html SUNY Albany biodata on Axelrod]
- [https://archive.today/20121214232147/http://www.sunysb.edu/libspecial/collections/archives/rg64/hartzell.shtml Dr Axelrod's writings]
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Category:20th-century American educators
Category:Deaths from cancer in New York (state)
Category:People from Bethlehem, New York
Category:University at Albany, SUNY faculty
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:American public administration scholars
Category:20th-century American political scientists
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