Donald Haider

Haider was born in either 1944 or 1945.{{cite web |last1=Janssen |first1=Kim |title=Former Chicago mayoral candidate elected to rugby Hall of Fame |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-rugby-mayor-0327-chicago-inc-20180326-story.html |website=chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=26 March 2018}}

Haider was raised in the northern suburbs of Chicago.

He graduated Stanford University in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts. He graduated Columbia University in 1967 with a Master of Arts. He graduated from Columbia again in 1973 with a PhD in political science.{{cite web |title=Excellence Hall of Fame – Don Haider {{!}} |url=http://businessexcellence.org/excellence-hall-of-fame/excellence-hall-of-fame-don-haider/ |access-date=24 November 2020}}{{cite web |title=Donald Haider |url=https://www.scholars.northwestern.edu/en/persons/donald-haider |website=scholars.northwestern.edu |publisher=Northwestern Scholars |access-date=23 November 2020 |language=en}}

Haider has served on the corporate boards of Asset Acceptance Capital Corp, Continental Waste Industries, Covenant Mutual Insurance, Evanston National Bank, Fender Musical Instruments, InterAccess, LaSalle National Bank Corp, National Can, Talman Home Savings, and Westchester Insurance.

Haider has been considered a property finance expert.{{cite web |last1=Bernstein |first1=David |title=A Troubling Assessment of Insider Joseph Berrios |url=https://www.bettergov.org/news/a-troubling-assessment-of-insider-joseph-berrios/ |website=Better Government Association |language=en |date=30 August 2010}}

In March 2016, he was elected a Fellow of the Business Excellence Institute.

Haider first taught at Columbia University.

In 1973, Haider left Columbia University and began working as a business professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. For most of the next four decades, he would teach there as a professor of strategy.{{cite web |title=Donald Haider - Faculty - Kellogg School of Management |url=https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/haider_donald.aspx |website=www.kellogg.northwestern.edu |publisher=Kellog School of Management |access-date=24 November 2020}}

Haider served as head of the school's public management program.{{cite journal |title=Names Oct 1988 |journal=Illinois Issues |date=October 1988 |url=https://www.lib.niu.edu/1988/ii881025n.html}}

He has served as director of the Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management until 2016. He had played a part in establishing it.{{cite web |last1=Herscowitz |first1=Eva |title=Evanston nonprofits value collaboration despite competitive sector |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/02/20/city/local-nonprofits-value-collaboration-despite-competitive-sector/ |website=The Daily Northwestern |date=21 February 2020}}

He retired from teaching full-time in late 2016. He was made an Emeritus Professor in 2017.

Haider was a congressional fellow from 1967 to 1968. He worked in the office of United States senator Ted Kennedy.

After working as a congressional fellow, Haider worked at a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution.

Haider was a White House fellow from 1976 to 1977. He is the only academic to serve both as a White House fellow and congressional fellow.

During the presidencies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, he worked an assistant to three different directors of the Office of Management and Budget. In this role, he was assigned to refinance New York City, which was facing a potential bankruptcy amid a financial crisis in the city.

Until 1986, Haider was a longtime member of the Democratic Party.{{cite web |title=Washington Beats Byrne in Primary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/538594294 |via=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Daily Sentinel |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=en |date=February 25, 1987}}

Haider had worked as an advisor to Richard J. Daley during his mayoralty.{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Winston |title=CHICAGO'S FISCAL HEALTH A CRUCIAL ISSUE IN ELECTION (Published 1983) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/08/us/chicago-s-fiscal-health-a-crucial-issue-in-election.html |website=The New York Times |date=8 February 1983}} Haider also worked as the Chicago city budget director (chief financial officer for the City of Chicago) under Jane Byrne from 1979 until 1980.{{cite web |last1=Neal |first1=Steve |last2=Houston |first2=Jack |title=HAIDER GETS GOP NOD FOR MAYOR |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-12-04-8603310769-story.html |website=chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=23 November 2020 |date=4 December 1986}}

Haider served as deputy assistant secretary of the United States Treasury.

Haider has also served as vice chairman of the Chicago School Finance Authority for fifteen years, during which time he helped refinance the schools.

Haider, in 2008, served on the president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners' task force on property tax classification.{{cite web |last1=Haider |first1=Don |title=Why you might sit down for this bill |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-xpm-2010-04-29-ct-oped-0429-property-20100429-story.html |website=chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=24 November 2020 |date=29 April 2010}}

Haider served as an alternate delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention, pledged to Mitt Romney.{{cite web |last1=Keefe |first1=Alex |title=An Illinois elephant heads to the RNC |url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/an-illinois-elephant-heads-to-the-rnc/3169df85-0f44-4a50-b58c-3fea584141e4 |website=WBEZ Chicago |access-date=24 November 2020 |language=en |date=27 August 2012}}

{{see main|1987 Chicago mayoral election}}

In 1987, Haider won the Republican mayoral primary, making him the party's nominee for mayor.{{cite web |last1=Malcolm |first1=Andrew H. |title=WASHINGTON IS VICTOR IN CHICAGO MAYORAL PRIMARY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/25/us/washington-is-victor-in-chicago-mayoral-primary.html |work=New York Times |access-date=15 December 2018 |date=February 25, 1987}}{{cite news |last1=Camper |first1=John |last2=Devall |first2=Cheryl |date=February 23, 1987 |title=4 REPUBLICANS TRY TO MAKE A DENT IN MAYORAL RACE John Camper and Cheryl Devall CHICAGO TRIBUNE |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-02-23-8701150433-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=January 22, 2019 }} Haider had, previous to running for the Republican Party's mayoral nomination, been a Democrat.{{cite web |last1=Neal |first1=Steve |last2=Davis |first2=Robert |title=2 to Challenge Haider GOP bid |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/388770720 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=14 April 2023 |language=en |date=December 4, 1986}} The fifth overall mayoral candidate to be a resident of Edgewater, Haider would have been the third mayor from Edgewater if he were elected (and the first since Martin H. Kennelly).{{cite web |title=Edgewater Teasers Vol. XVI No. 3 - FALL 2005 |url=http://www.edgewaterhistory.org/ehs/articles/v16-3-5 |publisher=Edgewater History |access-date=13 February 2019}} Ahead of the primary, Haider was endorsed by the city's Republican Party organization on December 4, 1986. He had narrowly defeated 1983 nominee Bernard Epton for the endorsement. The search committee to find a candidate for the Republican Party to endorse had been chaired by Dan K. Webb.{{cite web |last1=Neal |first1=Steve |last2=Houston |first2=Jack |access-date= 23 November 2020 |title=HAIDER GETS GOP NOD FOR MAYOR |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-12-04-8603310769-story.html |website=chicagotribune.com| date=4 December 1986 |publisher=Chicago Tribune}} After receiving the party's endorsement on December 2, 1985, he formally launched his campaign on December 3. Despite the party organization having already endorsing Haider, both Epton and Democratic state senator Jeremiah E. Joyce indicated their intentions to challenge Haider in the Republican primary. Neither ultimately ran. Instead, he was challenged by Kenneth Hurst, Chester Hornowski, and Ray Wardingley. Haider won the party's nomination in the Republican primary.

His candidacy was seen as a long shot.{{cite web |last1=Kuczka |first1=Susan |title=CHICAGO |agency=United Press International| url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-12-21-8603180645-story.html |website=Sun-Sentinel.com |publisher=Sun-Sentinel |date=21 December 1986}} However, Republican leaders initially hoped that the 1986 election of Republican James O'Grady as Cook County sheriff was a sign that a Republican might be able to perform well in the 1987 mayoral election. They hoped that a strong performance by Haider would assist the party in getting a Republican affiliated candidate elected Chicago alderman for the first time in twelve years. Republican Party leaders considered him the party's most qualified mayoral candidate they had put forth in a long while. However, a March 1987 poll showed that very few of those that had voted for 1983 Republican nominee Bernard Epton in the last election were intending to vote for Haider the 1987 election.{{cite web |last1=Camper |first1=John |title=HAIDER'S HOPES ALL BUT BURIED |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-03-26-8701230572-story.html |website=chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=26 March 1987}} Part of this was attributed to there being two other white challengers against Harold Washington, Edward Vrdolyak and Thomas Hynes. He also lagged in fundraising, with those opposed to Washington donating mostly to the other two challengers' campaigns, and with Republican Party members more focused on donating to presidential campaigns, as the race for the 1984 Republican Party presidential primaries had already begun. His fundraising severely lagged behind the other campaigns. Hynes withdrew from the race just before the general election, but this did not help Haider's performance.

During the campaign, in a desperate bid for press, Haider rode an elephant (an animal often used to symbolize the Republican Party) down State Street.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-things-chicago-mayoral-elections-emanuel-garcia-perspec-0329-jm-20150327-story,amp.html 10 things you might not know about Chicago mayoral elections] Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer March 10, 2015

In the general election he placed last out of the three candidates in the general election, only garnering 4.3% of the vote.

Haider has been on the boards of the Midtown Educational Foundation, Chicago Catholic Charities, and the U.S. Rugby Foundation.

Haider has long been involved in the sport of rugby. In 2018, he was inducted into the United States Rugby Hall of Fame. He played rugby while at Stanford University, and continued playing and coaching rugby throughout his adulthood.

In 2017, Haider was widowed when his wife Jean died. Jean Wright Haider was an author who had been president of the Chicago History Museum and a board member of the Chicago Lyric Opera.{{cite web |last1=Megan |first1=Graydon |title=Oversaw Chicago History Museum rebranding - Near Northwest |url=https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=d675f75e-8d83-4872-8a16-813c879651b0 |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=28 November 2024 |date=July 2017}}

• Martha Derthick 2012 Best Book Award on federalism and intergovernmental relations (for "When Governments Come to Washington")
• 2018 United States Rugby Hall of Fame inductee
• Chicago Midtown Education Foundation’s "Reach for Excellence Award" (with Jean Haider)
• Business Excellence Hall of Fame inductee{{cite web |title=Excellence Hall of Fame – Don Haider - The Business Excellence Institute |url=https://businessexcellence.org/home/excellence-hall-of-fame/excellence-hall-of-fame-don-haider |website=Business Excellence |access-date=28 November 2024 |date=14 May 2024}} in 2017

Haider has authored around 50 scholarly articles and in excess of 100 newspaper columns. He has also co-authored a multitude books. Many of his books were co-authored with Philip Kotler and Irving J. Rein.

;Select articles

• {{cite journal |pages=108–129 |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=The Political Economy of Decentralization |journal=American Behavioral Scientist |volume=15 |issue=1 |date=September 1971 |doi= 10.1177/000276427101500107|s2cid=144730797 }}
• {{cite journal |pages=165–174 |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=A rank order of eateries: A chicago stochastic model |journal=PS: Political Science & Politics |volume=7 |issue=2 |date=January 1, 1975 |doi= 10.1017/S1049096500011094|s2cid=155529613 }}
• {{cite journal |pages=172–174 |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=Chicago—the city that works |journal=PS: Political Science & Politics

|volume=9 |issue=2 |date=January 1, 1976 |doi= 10.1017/S104909650001369X|s2cid=155855719 }}

• {{cite journal |pages=123–145 |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=Sayre and Kaufman Revisited: New York City Government Since 1965 |journal=Urban Affairs Review |volume=15 |issue=2 |date=January 1, 1979 |doi= 10.1177/107808747901500201|s2cid=145006582 }}
• {{cite journal |pages=21–38 |last1=Haider |first1=Donald H. |title=Balancing the federal budget: The intergovernmental casualty and opportunity |journal=Publius |volume=11 |issue=3 |date=June 1, 1981 }}
• {{cite journal |pages=165–178 |last1=Haider |first1=Donald H. |title=Intergovernmental Redirection |journal=The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |volume=466 |issue=1 |date=January 1, 1983 |doi= 10.1177/0002716283466001011|pmid=10260626 |s2cid=21364798 }}
• Haider, Donald. (May 9, 1985). "[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-05-09-8501290072-story.html CHICAGO`S POST-DALEY DRIFT]". Chicago Tribune
• {{cite journal |pages=451–469 |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=Economic development: changing practices in a changing US economy |journal=Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy |volume=4 |issue=4 |date=January 1, 1986 |doi= 10.1068/c040451|s2cid=153425347 }}
• {{cite journal |pages=127–134 |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=Place Wars: New Realities of the 1990s |journal=Economic Development Quarterly |volume=6 |issue=2 |date=January 1, 1992 |doi= 10.1177/089124249200600202|s2cid=154290870 }}
• {{cite journal |pages= 14–21 |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |last2= Rein |first2= Irving |last3=Kotler |first3= Philip |title=There's no place like our place! The marketing of cities, regions, and nations |journal=Futurist |volume=27 |date=1993 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |last2= Rein |first2= Irving |last3=Kotler |first3= Philip |title=There's No Place Like our Place! The Marketing of Cities |journal=Public Management |volume=76 |date=February 1994 }}
• {{cite journal |jstor=3110049 |pages=9–20 |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=The United States-Japan Gateway Awards Case of 1990: International Competition and Regulatory Theory |journal=Public Administration Review |volume=56 |issue= 1|date=1 January 1996|doi=10.2307/3110049 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=Common Bonds: A Merger of Not-Quite Equals |journal=Stanford Social Innovation Review |volume=2 |issue=2 |date=2004 }}
• {{Cite journal |last=Haider |first=Donald |date=2006-01-01 |title=Cancer Health Alliance of Metropolitan Chicago: Working Together to Achieve Mutual Goals |url=https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/research/researchdetail?guid=0062a872-ef84-49a8-b956-9fd5cecae0d9 |journal=Kellogg School of Management Cases |language=en |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1108/case.kellogg.2016.000052 |issn=2474-6568|url-access=subscription }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=Uniting for Survival; How Nonprofits Partner |journal=Stanford Social Innovation Review |date=2007 }}
• {{cite news |last1=Haider |first1=Don |title=Why you might sit down for this bill |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-xpm-2010-04-29-ct-oped-0429-property-20100429-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |date=April 29, 2010}}
• {{cite news |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=OpEd: Chicago Public Schools bailout offers Springfield a lesson in 'parental guidance' |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20100710/ISSUE07/100033667/oped-chicago-public-schools-bailout-offers-springfield-a-lesson-in-parental-guidance |work=Crain's Chicago Business |date=July 10, 2010}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |last2=Wohlgezogen |first2=Franz |title=Change Comes at a Cost |journal=Stanford Social Innovation Review |volume=10 |issue=1 |date=2012 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=Eight Implications of a Detroit Bankruptcy |journal=Kellogg Insight Blog |date=2013 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Haider |first1=Donald |title=As Detroit Goes, So Goes Your Local School District |journal=Kellogg Insight Blog |date=2013 }}

;Books

• {{cite book |title= When Governments Come to Washington: Governors, Mayors, and Intergovernmental Lobbying |date=June 1, 1971 |isbn=002913370X |last1= Haider|first1= Donald H.}}
• {{cite book |title= Marketing Places: Attracting Investment, Industry and Tourism to Cities, States, and Nations |publisher= The Free Press |year=1993 }} (with Philip Kotler, Irving Reinn)
• {{cite book |title=Marketing Places Europe: How to Attract Investments, Industries, Residents and Visitors to Cities, Communities, Regions and Nations in Europe |publisher= Financial Times Management/Prentice Hall |year=1999 |isbn=0273644424 }} (with Christer Asplund, Philip Kotler, Irving Reinn)
• {{cite book |title=Marketing Asian Places: Attracting Investment, Industry, and Tourism to Cities, States and Nations |publisher= John Wiley & Sons |year=2001 |isbn=0471479136 }} (with Michael Allen Hamlin, Philip Kotler, Irving Rein)
• {{cite book |title=Marketing Latin American and Caribbean Places |publisher=Pearson Brazil |year=2004 }} (with David Gertner, Philip Kotler, Irving Rein)

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