Background
Gottschalk, Alfred was born on March 7, 1930 in Oberwesel, Germany. Son of Max and Erna (Trum-Gerson) Gottschalk. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
academic and museum administrator
Gottschalk, Alfred was born on March 7, 1930 in Oberwesel, Germany. Son of Max and Erna (Trum-Gerson) Gottschalk. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
AB, Brooklyn College, 1952. Master of Arts with honors, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, University Southern California, 1965.
STD (honorary), University Southern California, 1968. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Southern California, 1976. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Cincinnati, 1976.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Xavier University, 1981. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mount St. Joseph College, 1995. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Northern Kentucky University, 1996.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Judaism, 1971. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Jewish Theological Seminary, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Brooklyn College, 1991.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Trinity College, 1996. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Dropsie University, 1974. Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Thomas Institute, 1982.
Doctor Religious Education (honorary), Loyola-Marymount University, 1977. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), New York University, 1985.
Director, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute Religion, Los Angeles, 1957-1959; dean, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute Religion, Los Angeles, 1959-1971; professor Bible and Jewish intellectual history, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute Religion, Los Angeles, since 1965; president, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute Religion, Los Angeles, 1971-1995; chancellor, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute Religion, Los Angeles, since 1996. Honorary fellow Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1972, Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, 1994.
(NY 1988. Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture. Octavo, 27pp., wraps...)
Member President Johnson's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, 1964-1966, Governor's Poverty Support Corps Program, California, 1964-1966, President's Commission on Holocaust, 1979, United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 1980-1992, 96-01 (executive committee, 1980-1987, 96-2009, chairman education committee, 1986-1988, chairman academy committee, 1988-1996, committee on conscience, 1996-2009). Chairman North America Associate International Center University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, 1982-1993, North American Association Oxford Center Jewish Studies, 2004-2009. Board trustees American School Oriental Research, Albright Institute Archaeol.
Research, 1972-1995; senior fellow Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City, 2001-2009. Board governors Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, since 1995. Board trustees Museum Jewish Heritage, New York City, 2001-2009.
Executive committee National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 1997-2000, National Advisory Board, National Underground Freedom Center, 1996-2009. Member council World Union Jewish Studies, 1997. Member American Association of University Professors, National Education Association, Union American Hebrew Congregations and Central Conference American Rabbis (executive committee, board governors Hebrew Union College), Society Study Religion, American Academy Religion, Society Biblical Literature and Exegesis, International Conference Jewish Communal Service, Israel Exploration Society, Southern California Association Liberal Rabbis (past president), Southern California Jewish History Society (honorary president), World Union Jewish Studies (international council), World Union Progressive Judaism (honorary life, governor board), Council for Initiatives in Jewish Education (board directors), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Deanna Zeff, 1977. Children by previous marriage: Marc Hillel, Rachel Lisa.