Last updated on: 10/14/2010 | Author: ProCon.org

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Biography

Title:
Former Albert Schweitzer Professor of Humanities at the Graduate School of the City University of New York
Position:
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Reasoning:

No position found as of Aug. 18, 2010

Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Albert Schweitzer Professor of Humanities, Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1967-1996
  • Visiting fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, 1966
  • Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963
  • Professor of History, Harvard University, 1954-1961
  • Associate Professor of History, Harvard University, 1947-1954
  • Served in the Office of Strategic Services, 1943-1945
  • Served in the Office of War Information, 1942-1943
  • Member, Society of Fellows, Harvard University, 1939-1942
  • Henry Fellow, Peterhouse, Cambridge University, 1938-1939
    • Education:
  • BA, Harvard University, 1938
    • Other:
  • Recipient, National Humanitites Medal, 1998
  • Recipient, National Book Award for Robert Kennedy and His Times, 1979
  • Recipient, Pulitzer Prize for A Thousand Days, 1966
  • Recipient, Pulitzer Prize for The Age of Jackson, 1946
  • Son of American historian Arthur Meier Schlesinger (1888–1965)
  • Died on Feb. 28, 2007