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Philosophy educator

Milton Karl Munitz, American philosophy educator. Recipient Nicholas Murray Butler medal Columbia University, 1963; Faculty fellow Ford Foundation Fund for the Advancement of Education, 1954-1955, Fulbright Senior Research fellow, 1960-1961, Guggenheim fellow, 1960-1961, Einstein Visiting fellow Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1984-1985; Resident scholar Rockefeller Foundation, 1972.

Background

Munitz, Milton Karl was born on July 9, 1913 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Anna (Blumberg) Munitz.

Education

Bachelor, City College of New York, 1933. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1939.

Career

Instructor and lecturer philosophy City College of New York, Queens, 1935-1946. Professor philosophy New York University, 1946-1973, head department philosophy, 1968-1973. Distinguished professor philosophy City University of New York, 1973-1983, distinguished professor emeritus philosophy, since 1983.

Visiting lecturer Princeton University, 1952. Visiting distinguished professor philosophy Brockport State College, State University of New York, 1967-1968. Visiting professor philosophy Bar Ilan University, Israel, 1972, 84, United States Military Academy, West Point, 1981-1982.

Secretary Conference on Methods in Philosophy and Science, 1950. Chairman Fulbright Screening Committee, 1965-1969. Organizer International Philosophy Year, Brockport College, 1967-1968.

Achievements

  • Milton Karl Munitz has been listed as a noteworthy Philosophy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

All works

Membership

2nd lieutenant United States Air Force, 1943-1945. Member American Philosophical Association.

Connections

Married Lenore Deborah Bloom, December 22, 1946. Children: Charles, Andrew.

Father:
Samuel Munitz

Mother:
Anna (Blumberg) Munitz

Spouse:
Lenore Deborah Bloom

child:
Charles Munitz

child:
Andrew Munitz