Name Michael Lerner Role Environmentalist | Awards MacArthur Fellowship | |
Michael lerner the emerging environmental health movement bioneers
Michael Lerner (born 1943, New York City) is co-founder and president of Commonweal, a nonprofit institute in Bolinas, California and co-founder and president emeritus of Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, D.C.
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- Michael lerner the emerging environmental health movement bioneers
- Distinction between curing and healing michael lerner phd
- Early life and education
- Career
- Awards
- Works
- References
Distinction between curing and healing michael lerner phd
Early life and education
Born in 1943 in New York City, Lerner is the eldest son of the political philosopher Max Lerner, author of America as a Civilization and psychologist Edna Albers Lerner. He received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1965 and a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University in 1971.
Career
Lerner taught political science and psychology at Yale before moving to Bolinas, California and co-founding Full Circle, a residential treatment center for children with learning and behavior disorders. In 1976, Lerner co-founded Commonweal, a self-described "educational center," located in Bolinas.