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Daniel Patrick Moynihan

ダニエル・パトリック・モイニハン

Danieru Patorikku Moynihan

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-03-16 （Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.）
Died
2003-03-26 （Washington, D.C., U.S.） age 76
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Roman Catholic
Residence History
Tulsa (early childhood) → New York City (from childhood onward) → Washington, D.C. (during public service) → New Delhi (while serving as Ambassador to India)

Career

Occupations
Politician, Diplomat, Social scientist, Author, Academic
Active Years
1944-2003
Affiliations
Harvard University, Syracuse University (Maxwell School), Tufts University
Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society
Influenced By
Nathan Glazer, Averell Harriman, Scholars of urban sociology and social policy
Influenced
A wide range of public policy scholars and politicians, Sociologists working on family policy and poverty

Education

City College of New York
Period: 1944 (在籍)
Country: United States
Attended for one year before joining the Navy
Middlebury College (V-12 program)
Period: 1944–1945
Country: United States
Attended under the V-12 Navy College Training Program
Tufts University (Fletcher School)
History / Sociology
Degree: PhD (歴史)
Period: 1946–1961（学位取得）
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: United States
Earned undergraduate degrees, MA and PhD (history) from Tufts/Fletcher
London School of Economics
Period: 1950–1953（フルブライト奨学生）
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: United Kingdom
Fulbright fellow; pursued doctoral studies

Awards

Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1966
Organization: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Result: 受選
Elected to the American Philosophical Society
1968
Organization: American Philosophical Society
Result: 受選
The Heinz Award in Public Policy
1999
Category: 公共政策
Organization: Heinz Family Foundation
Result: 受賞
Presidential Medal of Freedom
2000
Organization: Office of the President of the United States
Result: 受賞
Laetare Medal
1992
Category: カトリック教徒顕彰
Organization: University of Notre Dame
Result: 受賞
Lone Sailor Award
1994
Category: 栄誉
Organization: U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Result: 受賞
Honorary Doctor of Laws (Tufts University)
Category: 名誉学位
Organization: Tufts University
Result: 授与
National Building Museum Honor Award
1989
Organization: National Building Museum
Result: 受賞
U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official
1989
Category: 公共奉仕
Organization: Jefferson Awards Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Beyond the Melting Pot

1963 Sociology / Social science

A study of American ethnicity and immigration; co-authored examination of urban ethnic structures and assimilation.

ImmigrationEthnicityAssimilation

The Negro Family: The Case For National Action (The Moynihan Report)

1965 Social policy / Report

Analyzes the condition of Black families in postwar America and offers policy recommendations on poverty and family structure; sparked controversy.

FamilyPovertyRaceWelfare policy

Pandaemonium: Ethnicity in International Politics

1994 International politics / Essay

Considers the impact of ethnicity and nationalism on international politics; analyzes the Soviet Union and contemporary global trends.

EthnicityNationalismInternational relations

Secrecy: The American Experience

1998 History / Political science

A historical analysis of the culture of secrecy in the United States and its impact on politics; discusses release of Venona files.

SecrecyGovernmentTransparency

Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy

1996 Memoir / Public policy

Personal recollections and reflections on American social policy; offers his perspective on public policy.

Social policyMemoirPoverty alleviation

Bibliography

  • Beyond the Melting Pot (co-authored)
  • The Negro Family: The Case For National Action (Moynihan Report)
  • Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding: Community Action in the War on Poverty
  • Violent Crimes
  • Secrecy: The American Experience
  • Pandaemonium

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Scholarly and analytical, with clear public-policy argumentationOratorical and rhetorical elements reflecting his background as a public speaker
Recurring Motifs
Family and social structureEthnicity and assimilationSecrecy and government information controlCities and poverty

Health

  • Ruptured appendix (complications)
    2003
    Died in 2003 due to complications following a ruptured appendix

Legacy

Moynihan was a public intellectual who also had a major political career. Through the Moynihan Report, his UN speeches, and work on government secrecy he shaped policy debates. Several honors and memorials, including New York's Moynihan Train Hall, commemorate him.

Academic Societies

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Philosophical Society

Archives

  • Daniel P. Moynihan Papers (Library of Congress)
  • Syracuse University Maxwell School archives

In Popular Culture

  • Moynihan Train Hall in New York (facility named after him)
  • Documentaries and televised tributes (e.g., PBS American Masters)

Quotes

  • Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
    Source: Column in The Washington Post (January 18, 1983) (1983)
  • Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.
    Source: Secrecy: The American Experience (1998) (1998)
  • The issue of race could benefit from a period of 'benign neglect'.
    Source: Memo to President Richard Nixon (1970) (1970)

Trivia

  • As a boy he shined shoes in the original Penn Station.
  • As Ambassador to India he presented the so-called 'Rupee Deal', a record single check.
  • Served in the U.S. Navy aboard USS Quirinus.
  • Chaired the Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy.