Walter Reich

Walter Reich is an American magazine editor, psychiatrist, and writer. He was the 2003 recipient of the AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility.

Walter Reich
Born	(1943-07-06) July 6, 1943 (age 80)
Nationality	American
Genre	Non-ficton
Notable awards	AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
Spouse	Tova Reich
Children	3 children including David Reich

Appointments

In the past, Reich held the roles of director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, located in Washington, D.C. – ensuring its establishment as an educational institute with serious scholarship;^[1] at Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut; a resident in psychiatry, working at the National Institute of Mental Health, located in Washington, D.C.; and was co-chair of the Committee of Concerned Scientists, located in New York City, New York.

As of 2015^[update], he held the positions of: Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics and Human Behavior at the George Washington University, located in Washington, D.C.; a contributing editor of The Wilson Quarterly; senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, located in Washington, D.C.; a lecturer in psychiatry at Yale University; and a professor of psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, located in Bethesda, Maryland.^[2] He was a fellow of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.^[3]

Awards

In 2003–2004, Reich received the AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility.^[4] He has also received the Solomon A. Berson Medical Alumni Achievement Award in Health Science from the New York University School of Medicine.^[5]

Publications

Reich wrote A Stranger in My House: Jews and Arabs in the West Bank (published by Holt), co-wrote State of the Struggle: Report on the Battle Against Global Terrorism (published by Brookings Institution Press), and edited Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind (co-published by Johns Hopkins University Press and Woodrow Wilson Center Press). He has also contributed to various publications, including:

• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• The Los Angeles Times
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Atlantic Monthly
• Harper's
• Commentary
• The New Republic^[6]

Family

Reich is married to novelist Tova Reich (Sister of Rabbi Avi Weiss). They have three children, among them archaeogeneticist David Reich.^[7]

See also

•  Biography portal
•  Literature portal
•  Maryland portal

• List of American scientists
• List of George Washington University faculty
• List of people from Maryland
• List of people from Washington, D.C.
• List of psychiatrists
• List of Yale University people

References

1. "2003 Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Recipient". AAAS Awards. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
2. "Dr. Walter Reich, Ph.D., receives prestigious AAAS 2003 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award". EurekAlert. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
3. Reich, Walter (January 30, 1983). "The world of Soviet psychiatry". The New York Times.
4. "Walter Reich". AAAS Archives & Records Center. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
5. "Walter Reich". George Washington University. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
6. Amarelo, Monica. "Dr. Walter Reich, Ph.D., receives prestigious AAAS 2003 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award". Bio-Medicine. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
7. Zimmer, Carl (March 20, 2018). "David Reich Unearths Human History Etched in Bone". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2018.