Henry and Bryna David Fellowship

Henry David was a scholar with a lifelong commitment to the advancement of the social sciences and their contribution to public policy that he demonstrated in his numerous leadership roles, including professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, executive director of the Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at Cambridge University, president of the New School for Social Research, dean of the graduate faculty of political and social sciences at Columbia University, and executive director of the National Manpower Council.

An expert on development of labor resources, Henry David served on the faculties of the New School in Manhattan, Columbia University, and the LBJ School. Bryna David served on the faculty of the New School and worked as a representative and conference consultant to the Institute for the Future, a California-based think tank. In the 1950s and 1960s, both Henry and Bryna David held high-ranking posts at the National Manpower Council at Columbia University, which–similar to the Ray Marshall Center–published studies on government and labor.

Bryna David was also active in public policy, working as an assistant to Eleanor Roosevelt during the 1948 UN General Assembly in Paris, as a scholar in residence at the Rockefeller Center in Bellagio, Italy, and as director of the National Manpower Council.

"Henry and Bryna David were an amazingly talented couple who devoted their lifetime to conducting policy research designed to improve education, training, and labor market experiences of U.S. workers." --Chris King, PhD (Former RMC Director)