Fred Irwin Greenstein (September 1, 1930 – December 3, 2018) was an American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

, known for his work on political leadership and the US

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. Born in the

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, in 1930, Greenstein completed a bachelor's degree at

Antioch College Antioch College is a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1852 as a non-sectarian institution; politician and education reformer Horace Mann was its ...

in 1953 and a doctorate at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

in 1960. He began his teaching career at Yale in 1959, was a professor at

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the col ...

from 1962 to 1973, and then moved to

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

, where he served for the rest of his career. Greenstein published many books and journal articles. His book ''The Hidden-Hand Presidency'' changed the way many scholars viewed the Eisenhower presidency and received the

Louis Brownlow Louis Brownlow (August 29, 1879 – September 27, 1963) was an American author, political scientist, and consultant in the area of public administration. As chairman of the Committee on Administrative Management (better known as the Brownlow Comm ...

Award in 1983 from the National Academy of Public Administration. ''How Presidents Test Reality'' received the 1990 Richard E. Neustadt Award from the

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. Greenstein received a

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in 1976, was named a fellow of the

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the same year, and served as president of the

International Society of Political Psychology The International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) is an interdisciplinary not-for-profit organization, representing all fields of enquiry involved with the exploration of relationships between both psychological and political processes and ...

from 1996 to 1997. Greenstein retired from Princeton in 2001, and died at his home in

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, in 2018, aged 88. Greenstein's major books included: *''The American Party System and the American People'' (1963) * ''Children and Politics'' (1965) * ''Personality and Politics: Problems of Evidence, Inference, and Conceptualization'' (1969) * ''The Handbook of Political Science'' (1975) (editor, with Nelson W. Polsby) * ''The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader'' (1982) * ''How Presidents Test Reality: Decisions on Vietnam, 1954 and 1965'' (1989) (with John Burke) * ''The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Clinton'' (2000) * ''Inventing the Job of President: Leadership Style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson'' (2009)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenstein, Fred 1930 births 2018 deaths Antioch College alumni Yale University alumni Yale University faculty Princeton University faculty Wesleyan University faculty Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Political psychologists American political scientists People from Princeton, New Jersey Writers from the Bronx