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S. H. Shakman began his professional career as analyst of
health and technical programs with the U.S. State Department's
Agency for International Development (A.I.D.) in Washington, D.C.,
from 1966-1969. As Program-Officer for the Vietnam Program's
Public Health Sector, he participated in the overall planning,
development and coordination of both direct assistance and
training efforts, including oversight of AMA and ADA medical
education contracts, assessments of health facility needs and
construction, and coordination with U.S. military and other free
world contributors on refugee relief and civilian casualties issues. He also
served two extended temporary duty assignments in
Vietnam totaling 5 months, and received a Meritorious Service award. He subsequently served in a
program analysis and management capacity with the U.S. Office of
Economic Opportunity in Washington, D.C.
After leaving government service, Shakman served as Deputy
Director of International Programs (Operations) for the
Pathfinder Fund, a private-non-profit population and health
organization, and as an independent consultant and
writer. In this capacity, he assisted the states of Maryland, Washington and Alaska
in developing Administration-on-Aging-sponsored nutrition
programs; designed an information system to serve handicapped
children in the Head-start Program; and participated in
organization/management studies for the Africa Bureau of A.I.D., U.S. State Dept., under
the auspices of Action Programs International of Santa Monica, CA. He also wrote
the "Planning and Operations Guide for the National Summer Sports
Program" for the President's Council on Physical Fitness. His work has appeared in Nature (London),
USA Today, and other publications.
While an undergraduate at Northwestern University, he served as
Sophomore Class President and Mid-Central Regional Director for the
Collegiate Council for the United Nations. Subsequently, as a
history of political science
pre-Ph.D. at Georgetown University graduate school, he was inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha, the
national political science honorary, and also worked briefly on both House and
Senate sides of Capitol Hill. The Ph.D. requirements were completed and
degree awarded (history) in 1999 under jurisdiction of
the faculty of the American Academy of Biological Dentistry in Carmel,
California. He
has lectured there, at the Capital University of Graduate Integrative Medicine in
Washington, D.C., and Emperors' College of Oriental Medicine in Santa Monica, California. (The Institute Of
Science is not affiliated with and does not endorse the programs or policies of
these institutions except to the extent these are consistent with the mission of
the Institute Of Science as reflected on this website.)
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