Background
Eckardt, Alice Eliza Lyons was born on April 27, 1923 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Henry Egmont and Almira Blake (Palmer) Lyons.
Eckardt, Alice Eliza Lyons was born on April 27, 1923 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Henry Egmont and Almira Blake (Palmer) Lyons.
Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1944; Master of Arts, Lehigh University, 1966.
Lecturer religion studies department, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1972-1975;
assistant professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1976-1985;
associate professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1985-1987;
professor emerita, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, since 1987;
co-founder, co-director Jewish Studies Program, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1976-1985. Visiting scholar Oxford (England) Center for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, 1972, 75, Maxwell fellow, 1989-1990, senior associate fellow, since 1990. Visiting lecturer CUNY, 1973.
Adjunct Professor Cedar Crest College, 1982-1983. Exchange professor Muhlenberg College, 1984. Member Christian Study Group on Judaism and the Jewish People, since 1973, chairperson, 1977-1979.
Member United Church of Christ Jewish-Christian Dialogue Project, since 1988. Executive Committee National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, since 1975. Special consultant President's Committee on the Holocaust,1979.
Special advisor United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Washington, 1981-1986. Executive Board Zachor: Holocaust Resource Center, 1978-1982. Advising committee Holocaust Resource Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania, since 1984.
National advisory county Scholars Conference on Church Struggle and Holocaust, since 1985, chairperson 18th Annual Conference,1988. Member Executive Committee Remembering for the Future conference, Oxford and London, 1985-1988. Member academic advisory board Berman Center for Jewish Studies, Lehigh University, 1985-1989, advisory board Institute for Christian Jewish Studies, Baltimore, 1987.
Board directors Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding, Muhlenberg College, since 1989.
(Book by Alice Eckardt, Roy Eckhardt)
Founding officer Citizens Advisory Committee for Southern Lehigh Schools, 1958-1960. Board directors Anne Frank Institute, until 1989. National advisory board Foundation to Sustain Righteous Gentiles, since 1987.
Member American Academy Religion, American Professors for Peace in Middle East, Lehigh University Women's Club (president 1960-1961).
Married A. Roy Eckardt, September 2, 1944. Children: Paula Jean Eckardt Strock, Stephen Robert.