Stephen Joel Trachtenberg is by all accounts a mensch. And what people used to call a stitch. When you meet him — for me it was at a BankInter-hosted gathering of scientists, business innovators, and policy experts in Madrid — you’re struck by his no-nonsense style and gruff Brooklyn charm. No matter your age, Trachtenberg is likely to address you as “kid.” The straight-talking President emeritus of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. is the son of working-class, New York Jews who seems never to have forgotten where he came from.
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