[1] After attending Boston Latin School, Yankelovich graduated from Harvard University in 1946 and 1950 before completing postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne in France.
[4] In 2012, the American Association for Public Opinion Research honored him with the AAPOR Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement.
It is unknown whether any part of Yankelovich's study was based on direct empirical research through participation in any of Landmark Education's related coursework.
With Congressman Les Aspin, Yankelovich chaired The New (New York) Framework Group, which brought together prominent men and women in a variety of fields, to discuss fruitful areas of reform.
[10] Yankelovich was Chair of the Advisory Board of the Future of American Democracy Foundation,[11] a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation in partnership with Yale University Press and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies,[12] "dedicated to research and education aimed at renewing and sustaining the historic vision of American democracy."