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Michael Adlerstein was the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Capital Master Plan, a five-year program to restore and renovate the historic United Nations Headquarters in New York, NY. [1] He was appointed to the position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in July 2007. [2]
Adlerstein obtained his architectural degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. [3] Before joining the United Nations, he was the Vice-President and Chief Architect at the New York Botanical Garden. [3] He previously served in positions throughout the National Park Service, [3] and was in charge of the planning, design and construction program for the north-east region, including partnership projects at Gettysburg, Valley Forge, Acadia and Jamestown. [3]
In the 1980', he served as Project Director for the restoration of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, [3] the United States Department of the Interior's most ambitious historic restoration project. [3] [ better source needed ] The success of the project led to his promotion as Chief Historical Architect. [3] He was recognized as a national expert in the field of historic preservation. [3]
Adlerstein served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia, and has worked as a State Department consultant on preservation issues on projects, including the preservation of the Taj Mahal. [3] He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. [3] Since 2017, he has been teaching architecture classes as an adjunct professor at Columbia University, specializing in historic preservation.