Andrew Hacker

Andrew Hacker (August 30, 1929 – April 21, 2026) was an American political scientist and public intellectual.

Life and career Andrew Hacker was born in Manhattan on August 30, 1929. He was the son of Louis M. Hacker – a professor of economics at Columbia University. His mother, Lilian, was also on the faculty as a lecturer at the Teachers College. He was educated at the Lincoln School which was an experimental and progressive school, run by the Teachers College to try new methods of education. After the 10th grade, he transferred to the Horace Mann School in the Bronx which was a similar experimental school run by the Teachers College.

He did his undergraduate work at Amherst College, followed by graduate work at the University of Oxford and Princeton University, where he received his PhD degree.

He was a professor in the department of political science at Queens College in New York.