Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who represented New York State in the US Senate from 1977 to 2001, was a Professor of Education and Urban Politics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Graduate School of Public Administration (predecessor of the Harvard Kennedy School) from 1965 until 1973. He held several senior positions in the Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford administrations, including serving as the US Ambassador to India and later the United Nations. He wrote numerous books including Beyond the Melting Pot (co-authored with Nathan Glazer), The Negro Family: The Case for National Action (also known as the Moynihan Report), and Future of the Family. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Clinton in 2000.