Adele Hast

Background

Hast, Adele was born on December 6, 1931 in New York City. Daughter of Louis and Kate (Miller) Krongelb.

Education

Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Brooklyn College, 1953; Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1979.

Career

Research associate Atlas Early American History Project, Newberry Library, Chicago, 1971-1975. Associate director Atlas Great Lakes Indian History Project, 1976-1979, History Boundary Data File Project, 1979-1981. Editor in chief Marquis Who's Who, Inc., Chicago, 1981—1986.

Survey director National Opinion Research Center, University Chicago, 1986-1989. Research fellow Newberry Library., Chicago, 1989-1995, scholar in residence, since 1995. Executive editor St. James Press, 1990-1992.

Managing editor History Encyclopedia of Chicago Women University Illinois, 1991-1993, director, editor History Encyclopedia of Chicago Women project, 1993-2001, senior research associate Center for Research on Women and Gender, 1999—2002. Member faculty Newberry Library. Summer Institute Cartography, 1980.

Consultant National Endowment of the Humanities planning grant Addams' Hull-House Museum, 2006.

Achievements

• Adele Hast has been listed as a notable historian, editor, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Loyalism in Revolutionary Virginia: The Norfolk Area and the Eastern Shore (Studies in American History and Culture)

    (Book by Hast, Adele)

Membership

Member professional advisory graduate program public history Loyola University, since 1986. Treasurer, board directors Chicago Map Society, 1980-1991, 93-95. Member New Trier Township H.S. Board Caucus, 1972-1974.

Member academic county American Jewish History Society, since 1985. President Chicago Jewish History Society, 1980-1981, board directors, since 1977. Fellow Royal History Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi.

Member American Library Association (Mudge citation committee 1985-1986), American History Association, Organisation American Historians, Society Scholarly Public (program committee 1985, planning committee 1985-1986), Chicago Area Women's History Conference (secretary, treasurer since 1994, board directors since 1990), Caxton Club (county 1990-1993). F C.

Connections

Married Malcolm Howard Hast, February 1, 1953. Children— David Jay, Howard Arthur.

Father:

Louis Krongelb

Mother:

Kate (Miller) Krongelb

Spouse:

Malcolm Howard Hast

child:

Howard Arthur Hast

child:

David Jay Hast