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DIW Research Professor Alan S. Zuckerman passed away

Personnel news of August 28, 2009

Last week, Alan S. Zuckerman, Professor of Political Science at Brown University (USA) and Research Professor at DIW Berlin passed away. Zuckerman, who received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and taught and conducted research at the Universities of Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Florence, Pisa, New York, and Stanford, died at the age of just 64. He was associated with DIW Berlin and in particular with the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) department through his research on the influence of family relationships on political orientations. With the death of Alan S. Zuckerman, DIW Berlin has lost a renowned research partner and a kind and valued friend.  
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