MARC HOLZER (Ph.D. University of Michigan) is Professor II and Chair of the Graduate Department of Public Administration. Since 1975 he has directed the National Center for Public Productivity, and he is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Public Performance and Management Review. His recent publications include the Public Productivity Handbook (edited, second edition in press, 2004), which has been translated into Russian and Chinese; Government at Work (Sage, 1998, with Kathe Callahan); and Building Good Governance: Reforms in Seoul, (Seoul Development Institute, 2002, co-edited with Byong-Joon Kim). Dr. Holzer is a Past President of the American Society for Public Administration (2000-2001), and is a recipient of several national awards in the field: the Charles H. Levine Memorial Award for Demonstrated Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service to the Community, 2000; the Donald Stone National ASPA Achievement Award, 1994; the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration Excellence in Teaching Award, 1998; the William and Frederick Mosher Award for Best Article by an Academician Appearing in the Public Administration Review, 2001 and the Joseph Wholey Distinguished Scholarship Award for Best Scholarly Publication in Performance-based Governance in a Public Administration Journal, 2001 (Co-Recipient for PAR and Wholey awards: Patria deLancer Julnes). At Rutgers he has received the University awards for Research (2001) and for Public Service (2002). His international work has been recognized by the Senator Peter B. Boorsma Award (2002), the Presidential Citation of the American Society for Public Administration (2003), and the Chinese Public Administration Society Award for Excellence (2002). He is a Fellow of the World Academy of Productivity Science.

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