Robert Calkins
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| Born | ca. 1903 Lebanon, Connecticut, US | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 1992 (Age 89) Silver Spring, Maryland, US | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | US | ||||||||||||||||||
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Robert D. Calkins
Economist and educator Robert Calkins became the second Brookings leader in 1952. Calkins was formerly director of the General Education Board, a foundation that promoted educational improvements in the South, and also an academic at UC Berkeley and dean of the Columbia University Business School. During his presidency, the Institution relocated from Jackson Place near the White House to its current home on Massachusetts Avenue, near Dupont Circle. During the 1960 president election, Brookings researchers prepared briefing papers on numerous policy issues for both the Kennedy and Nixon camps, and aided the incoming Kennedy administration with a smooth transition of power from Eisenhower.[1]
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