John Raisian served as the Tad and Dianne Taube director of the Hoover Institution from 1990 until his retirement in 2015. Raisian oversaw the Institution’s transformation into the most significant academic hub for public policy research in the country during his leadership.

In 1980, Raisian started working for the government as a senior economist for the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Office of Research and Evaluation. He started out as the special assistant for economic policy in the office of the assistant US secretary of labor for policy (1981–1983) before being named director of research and technical support (1983–1984). In 1983, he also served as the Task Force on Food and Assistance’s executive director.

John Raisian Cause Of Death

John Raisian, who served as the Tad and Dianne Taube director of the Hoover Institution from 1990 until his retirement in 2015, passed away on April 24, 2023 after a protracted illness. He was 73. Raisian oversaw the Institution’s transformation into the most significant academic hub for public policy research in the country during his leadership.