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1. Introduction

Benjamin A. Goldman (also known as Benjamin Allen Goldman, Ben Goldman) is an entrepreneur, author, artist, and inventor from the USA. He was an advisor to the Clinton Administration, serving as a Charter Member of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (1994-1995), a committee member of the President's Council on Sustainable Development(1994-1995).[1][2][3][4]

2. Early Life and Education

Goldman was born to Allen Seymour and Mary (Lemann) Goldman on 21 October 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

He got his bachelor's degree in history from Vassar College in 1982, Master of Philosophy from New York University in 1990 and Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration from New York University in 1993.[5]

3. Career

After completing his doctorate he served in local, state, national, and international level and nonprofit organizations. His career began as a military economics researcher at the Council on Economic Priorities, where he was a Project Director in the early 1980s.[6] He worked as associate director of the Boston-based Jobs and Environment Campaign and president of Public Data Access Inc. based in New York city.[7][8]

4. Art

Goldman was executive director of the art gallery “City without Walls” established in 1975 which supported emerging artists from New Jersey and New York metro area. Some well-known artists participated in CWOW, including IbouNdoye, Cortney Burke and Mansa Mussa.[2][5][9] When Goldman took the charge of executive director of CWOW, it was an organization at its breaking point. Under his leadership, CWOW tripled its income, quadrupled membership and provided some stability in the contemporary art world in the Garden State.[9]

Goldman founded United Visual Arts, Inc. in 2005. During this, he invented an art display frame and got patent no US 8,365,452 B2 for his invention.[10][11]

5. Politics

Politics was not new for Goldman as his mother was involved in politics in Philadelphia when he was a child, and ran for City Council. Goldman ran for Mayor in Weehawken in 2002, and helped several citizen organizations that advocated for sustainable planning along the Hudson River, including Friends of the Weehawken Waterfront and co-founded Weehawken Initiative Now (WIN) and the Weehawken Chamber of Commerce. [12][13][13]

6. Selected Publications

Goldman has written several books and research articles mainly focusing on the environment, sustainable development and waste management. According to Google Scholars, his publication and co-authored works have been cited about 744 times by researchers.[14]

Some of his notable books are Hazardous Waste Management and Deadly Deceit, written after the Chernobyl disaster.[15]

Following is a list of selected publications by him. [14], [15], [16]

  • The Truth About Where You Live
  • Discounting Human Lives: Uranium and Global Equity
  • What is the future of Environmental Justice?
  • Toxic Wastes and Race Revisited
  • Not Just Prosperity: Achieving Sustainability with Environmental Justice
  • Sustainable America: New Public Policy for the 21st Century
  • The U.S. Military's Toxic Legacy
  • Community right to know: Environmental information for citizen participation
  • The environment and community right to know: Information for participation
  • Rating the Performance of Waste Management Companies
  • The Use of Risk Assessment During Selection of Off-Site Response Actions
  • The Importance of Access to Information on Hazardous Waste.
  • RCRA must be strengthened.
  • Equity and the 1992 Rio Earth Summit
  • Hazardous Waste Management: Reducing The Risk

7. Awards and Recognition

  • Goldman won $10,000 of a cash prize for “City Without Walls” given by Prudential Financial, Inc.[17]
  • He won Artist-in-Residence program.[18]
  • HE won Thomas H. Kean Achievement Award for “City without Walls”.[19]

References

  1. Strunsky, Steve (2002-05-12). "The View From Weehawken and Other Mayoral Campaign Issues" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/12/nyregion/the-view-from-weehawken-and-other-mayoral-campaign-issues.html. 
  2. Genocchio, Benjamin (2006-06-25). "Renovation, and Extra Security, for an Alternative Gallery" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/nyregion/renovation-and-extra-security-for-an-alternative-gallery.html. 
  3. Star-Ledger, Jennifer Weiss/The (2007-09-23). "This could be music to an artist's ears" (in en). https://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/2007/09/this_could_be_music_to_an_arti.html. 
  4. Hevesi, Dennis (1999-08-15). "A River Walk's Piecemeal Birth" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/15/realestate/a-river-walk-s-piecemeal-birth.html. 
  5. "City Without Walls Director Resigns" (in en). 2011-09-30. https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/city-without-walls-director-resigns. 
  6. "Trove" (in en). https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18171238?q&versionId=21329781. 
  7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/08/25/more-nonwhites-are-living-near-toxic-waste-sites/83253792-c1b5-4326-aabb-177f9a8ca1b4/
  8. Downing, John; Fasano, Rob; Friedland, Pat (1991) (in en). Computers for Social Change and Community Organizing. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-86656-865-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=vx3BEHpC8KkC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Ben+Goldman+of+Public+Data+Access+Inc&source=bl&ots=TfJXGxT26_&sig=ACfU3U0H2gODhTiKcBFmFypBbS5Wd8OV7Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVmKew6sfoAhWKDmMBHTpEAesQ6AEwBHoECAsQJg#v=onepage&q=Ben%20Goldman%20of%20Public%20Data%20Access%20Inc&f=false. 
  9. "The best of both worlds Weehawken's Goldman putting his talents together in Newark's City Without Walls gallery" (in en-US).null
  10. "Rhizome | Ben Goldman". http://classic.rhizome.org/profile/bengoldman/. 
  11. https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=08365452&IDKey=88F1B07D0451%250D%250A&HomeUrl=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser%253FSect1%253DPTO2%252526Sect2%253DHITOFF%252526p%253D1%252526u%253D%2525252Fnetahtml%2525252FPTO%2525252Fsearch-bool.html%252526r%253D1%252526f%253DG%252526l%253D50%252526co1%253DAND%252526d%253DPTXT%252526s1%253D8,365,452.PN.%252526OS%253DPN/8,365,452%252526RS%253DPN/8,365,452
  12. "'WIN' ticket will take on incumbents Mayor gets opposition for first time in years" (in en-US). 2002-03-16. https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2002/03/15/win-ticket-will-take-on-incumbents-mayor-gets-opposition-for-first-time-in-years/. 
  13. https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2002/05/08/no-minced-words-among-council-at-large-candidates-weehawkens-first-full-municipal-election-in-12-years-brings-out-a-host-of-issues/null
  14. "Benjamin A. Goldman - Google Scholar". https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4PSV7mwAAAAJ&hl=en. 
  15. Garelik, Glenn (1990-07-22). "The Chernobyl Syndrome" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/22/books/the-chernobyl-syndrome.html. 
  16. "Benjamin GOLDMAN" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Benjamin_Goldman5. 
  17. "Prudential Community Resources awards $110,000 To winners of the Strength for Capacity business plan competition" (in en). 2009-11-12. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20091112005511/en/Prudential-Community-Resources-awards-110000-winners-Strength. 
  18. "On the Towns; Going Out" (in en-US). The New York Times. 2002-01-20. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/20/nyregion/on-the-towns-going-out.html. 
  19. "Partnering with Philanthropy; Berkeley Heights Resident and Board Member of Partnership in Philanthropy Attend Annual Dinner Fundraiser" (in en). https://www.tapinto.net/towns/berkeley-heights/articles/partnering-with-philanthropy-berkeley-heights-re. 
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