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:
- ? to the question "Was Bill Clinton a Good President?"
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No position found as of Aug. 18, 2010
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Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- 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:
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- BA, Harvard University, 1938
- BA, Harvard University, 1938
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- 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