John Tepper Marlin

John Tepper Marlin translated Erik Schaap’s Dutch biography of Walraven ("Wally") van Hall into English and edited the translation to clarify the meaning for an English-speaking audience and help non-Dutch readers to appreciate the astonishing story. He also prepared 750 endnotes so that anyone unfamiliar with Dutch history, geography, or language would have an immediate source for difficult references. He translated several Dutch poems into English poems. He first learned about the Resistance from his mother, Hilda van Stockum, a second cousin of the hero of this book. Van Stockum wrote a popular children’s book, "The Winged Watchman" (Farrar, Straus & Company, 1962; reprinted by Bethlehem Books, 1995), in which Wally appears as Resistance leader “Kees Kip.” Dr. Marlin earned degrees from Harvard, Oxford, and George Washington Universities. He served as chief economist in the administrations of NYC Mayors Dinkins, Giuliani, and Bloomberg, and as a federal economist in Washington, D.C,. under Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Obama, and Trump. He is a frequent speaker at alumni events and clubs, libraries, museums, and bookstores.