On behalf of publisher Mike LaSalle, the Editorial Board and the community of contributors to Men’s News Daily, I am proud to announce the addition to Dick Elfenbein to the Men’s News Daily Editorial Board.
Dick, a veteran journalist, communications professional and university professor, has joined The Board as its first education editor. His academic experience includes two decades of teaching communications and public relations at the Rutgers University Graduate School of Business and Fairleigh Dickinson University.
He began his journalism career with the Bergen Record of Hackensack, New Jersey and was a reporter and copy editor for Fairchild Publications. He was a news writer for The Voice of America Agency’s far east desk during the cold war era and later an NBC News editor and producer.
In addition he has been a public relations executive and practitioner with IBM and major public relations agencies, including his own, for the last 20 years.
In accepting the Men’s News Daily assignment, Dick noted that the subject of education is central to improving the status of men.
“Men’s studies, virtually non existent at the university level, must be encouraged.  The advances in the status of women in the last 40 years stem in great measure from the hundreds of women’s studies departments in universities and colleges in every state of the union, many of which offer doctoral and masters degrees.â€Â
“As of now,†says Elfenbein, “there is but one institution of higher education with a men’s studies department, and that is a minor with most of its offerings housed in that school’s women’s studies department.â€Â
“If the status of men who are suffering in virtually every aspect of modern life from their physical well being, reproductive health, to their economic status and mental health is to be improved the impetus must come from scholarly and scientific study.â€Â
“Humanity cannot progress or perhaps even survive limping forward on only one gender.â€Â
A World War II veteran, Dick and his wife Miriam have five children and nine grand children.
On behalf of publisher Mike LaSalle, the Editorial Board and the community of contributors to Men’s News Daily, I am proud to announce the addition to Dick Elfenbein to the Men’s News Daily Editorial Board.
Dick, a veteran journalist, communications professional and university professor, has joined The Board as its first education editor. His academic experience includes two decades of teaching communications and public relations at the Rutgers University Graduate School of Business and Fairleigh Dickinson University.
He began his journalism career with the Bergen Record of Hackensack, New Jersey and was a reporter and copy editor for Fairchild Publications. He was a news writer for The Voice of America Agency’s far east desk during the cold war era and later an NBC News editor and producer.
In addition he has been a public relations executive and practitioner with IBM and major public relations agencies, including his own, for the last 20 years.
In accepting the Men’s News Daily assignment, Dick noted that the subject of education is central to improving the status of men.
“Men’s studies, virtually non existent at the university level, must be encouraged. The advances in the status of women in the last 40 years stem in great measure from the hundreds of women’s studies departments in universities and colleges in every state of the union, many of which offer doctoral and masters degrees.â€Â
“As of now,†says Elfenbein, “there is but one institution of higher education with a men’s studies department, and that is a minor with most of its offerings housed in that school’s women’s studies department.â€Â
“If the status of men who are suffering in virtually every aspect of modern life from their physical well being, reproductive health, to their economic status and mental health is to be improved the impetus must come from scholarly and scientific study.â€Â
“Humanity cannot progress or perhaps even survive limping forward on only one gender.â€Â
A World War II veteran, Dick and his wife Miriam have five children and nine grand children.
Dick can be reached at elfmnd@yahoo.com
