Herman D. Stein, DSW (August 13, 1917 – October 2, 2009) was Dean of the

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and

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Emeritus at

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in Cleveland, OH. A pioneer of

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profession, he excelled as an educator, scholar, internationalist, university administrator, and leader in a variety of professional associations in his long career, spanning more than sixty years."Profile: Dr. Herman Stein", ''Social Work and Society'' website Stein served as Provost of

during the turbulent years of the 1960s and continued teaching as a full professor. He was asked to serve as Provost again in 1985. He was twice a Fellow at the

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Career

After earning his doctorate at Columbia University, Stein taught at the

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for fourteen years. He later was a professor at Smith College School for Social Work,

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, and the

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. He lectured at several other universities in the

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and around the world, as well as helping to establish schools, such as The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare in Israel, In his career, Stein served as a Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of

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for more than 20 years, where he helped shape and build the organization. He left a promising career at Columbia University to help Holocaust survivors in post WWII Europe under the auspices of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC). He was instrumental in expanding the operations of the

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(AJJDC) beyond

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and served in several capacities with the organization. His commitment to AJJDC lasted for more than 60 years until the day of his death. Moving to Cleveland to become the dean of the

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, Stein served during the turbulent years of the 1960s and continued teaching as a full professor. Stein published extensively in social work literature. He was the author of several books and more than a hundred journal articles mainly in the fields of social work practice, social administration, international social work, and social work education. In professional organizations, Stein served as the President of the

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from 1968 to 1976 and the President of the

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(CSWE) from 1968 to 1976.

Honors and legacy

* Stein was awarded the University Medal, the highest honor of the Case Western Reserve University, for his leadership and expert judgment in guiding the University through the turbulent sixties.

References

External links

A Profile of Dr. Herman Stein
at the ''Social Work and Society'' website 1917 births 2009 deaths Case Western Reserve University faculty Columbia University faculty Columbia University School of Social Work faculty Smith College faculty Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences fellows Columbia University School of Social Work alumni Social work scholars {{US-academic-bio-stub