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Honoring a Former NAM President


Former NAM President and CEO and former Manufacturing Institute President Jerry Jasinowski has passed away.  
 
“A force for good”: Jasinowski, who led the NAM from 1990 to 2004, was an Indiana native and U.S. Air Force veteran and an economist by profession.  

  • “For decades, Jerry Jasinowski was a force for good in our nation’s capital,” NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons said. “Jerry guided the NAM through some of the most consequential policy debates and economic shifts of the era, shaping the post-Cold War economy. As lawmakers debated history-making agreements like NAFTA and the Trade Promotion Authority Act, they turned to Jerry for expertise and insight.”  
  • Under Jasinowski’s leadership, the MI, the NAM’s 501(c)3 workforce development and education affiliate, was created in 1990, and Jasinowski went on to lead that organization from 2004 to 2007. 

An impressive career: Jasinowski, who served in the Vietnam War and held a master’s degree in economics from Columbia University, was assistant secretary of commerce for policy under President Jimmy Carter.  

  • A former congressional staff economist for the U.S. Joint Economic Committee, Jasinowski also served on the boards of multiple companies, including Timken, Harsco, Northwest Biotherapeutics and Aperio Beauty. 
  • Most recently, he was a founding member of analytical technology company Neolitics. 
  • Jasinowski also co-authored the book “Making It in America: Proven Paths to Success from 50 Top Companies” with Robert Hamrin and edited “The Rising Tide: The Leading Minds of Business and Economics Chart a Course Toward Higher Growth and Prosperity.”   

A beloved leader: “The NAM today mourns the loss of a beloved former leader, whose vision and example we still revere today,” Timmons said. “We extend our deepest condolences to his wife, Isabel, and to his entire family and all his loved ones, and we make a commitment to celebrate and advance his legacy. After all, his legacy is a stronger, more engaged, more respected manufacturing industry in America.” 
 

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