Dr. Jonathan Fanton

Dr. Jonathan Fanton is the inaugural Franklin Delano Roosevelt Visiting Fellow at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York. He previously served as President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (1999-2009). During his tenure at MacArthur, he worked closely with civil society organizations and other partners around the globe in advancing major support for the International Criminal Court/Rome Statute system and for the cause of international justice. Prior to the MacArthur Foundation, he was President of the New School for Social Research from 1982-1999. Dr. Fanton is an emeritus board member of Human Rights Watch, where he served as Board Chair for six years. He is also an advisory Trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the founding Board Chair of Security Council Report, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Dr. Fanton earned his B.A. (1965), a M.A. in Philosophy (1977), and a PhD in American History (1978) from Yale University. He taught American history at Yale and served as Special Assistant to President Kingman Brewster (1970-1973) and Associate Provost (1976-1978). From 1978-1982, he was Vice President for Planning at the University of Chicago, where he also taught American history. Dr. Fanton is the author of Foundations and Civil Society, Volumes I and II and The University and Civil Society, Volumes I and II. He is also co-editor of John Brown: Great Lives Observed and The Manhattan Project: A Documentary Introduction to the Atomic Age.

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Browse by Region		Dr. Jonathan Fanton Dr. Jonathan Fanton is the inaugural Franklin Delano Roosevelt Visiting Fellow at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York. He previously served as President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (1999-2009). During his tenure at MacArthur, he worked closely with civil society organizations and other partners around the globe in advancing major support for the International Criminal Court/Rome Statute system and for the cause of international justice. Prior to the MacArthur Foundation, he was President of the New School for Social Research from 1982-1999. Dr. Fanton is an emeritus board member of Human Rights Watch, where he served as Board Chair for six years. He is also an advisory Trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the founding Board Chair of Security Council Report, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Fanton earned his B.A. (1965), a M.A. in Philosophy (1977), and a PhD in American History (1978) from Yale University. He taught American history at Yale and served as Special Assistant to President Kingman Brewster (1970-1973) and Associate Provost (1976-1978). From 1978-1982, he was Vice President for Planning at the University of Chicago, where he also taught American history. Dr. Fanton is the author of Foundations and Civil Society, Volumes I and II and The University and Civil Society, Volumes I and II. He is also co-editor of John Brown: Great Lives Observed and The Manhattan Project: A Documentary Introduction to the Atomic Age.