August Heckscher II (September 16, 1913 – April 5, 1997) was an American public intellectual and author whose work explored the American liberalism of political leaders including Woodrow Wilson.
He was the son of Gustave Maurice Heckscher (1884–1967) and Frances Louise Vanderhoef.
[8] He graduated from Yale in 1936 and later received a master's degree in government from Harvard University.
[9] In 1962,[10] he began his service as the first White House Special Consultant on the Arts as the coordinator of cultural matters appointed by President John F.
[13] In 1967, he was appointed by New York City Mayor John Lindsay as Parks Commissioner of New York City, succeeding Thomas Hoving, who left to become the Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.