Donald Axelrod

Donald Axelrod (January 15, 1916 – March 16, 1999) was Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the Department of Public Administration & Policy at the University at Albany (SUNYA). Axelrod also served as director of the Public Enterprise Project of the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

Career Axelrod retired in 1971 from the New York State Office of the Budget as assistant state budget director after a 26-year career in public administration. He also served as a consultant to several foreign governments, including Turkey and Thailand, and was the author of several books, including Budgeting for Modern Government and Shadow Government: The Hidden World of Public Authorities. He was a member of the American Society of Public Administration.

Death Axelrod died on March 16, 1999, at his home in Slingerlands, New York, after a long battle with cancer, aged 83. His immediate survivors were his wife, Selma ( Sachs; November 4, 1916 — January 9, 2009) and two children.