Biographical Information
Aaron Bernard Wildavsky was born on May 31, 1930 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He attended Brooklyn College, obtained a Fulbright Fellowship to the University of Sidney, and in 1958 obtained his graduate degree from Yale. From 1958 to 1962 Wildavsky taught at Oberlin College. In 1962 he became professor of political science and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the chair of the political science department from 1966-1969. He was also the founding dean of the Graduate School of Public Policy (1969-1977) and on the staff of the Survey Research Center at Berkeley.
Wildavsky wrote or co-wrote 39 books and a number of articles about political culture, budgetary processes, and public administration. He died on Sept. 4, 1993 in Oakland, California.
From the guide to the Aaron Wildavsky papers, 1955-1995, (The Bancroft Library)
