Benjamin Irving Nadel

Background

Nadel, Benjamin Irving was born on November 1, 1918 in Petrograd, Russia. Arrived in the United States, 1969, naturalized, 1975. Son of Isaac and Esther (Truboczyst) Nadel.

Education

Attended, University Vilno, Poland, 1936—1939. Diploma cum laude, Belorussian University, Minsk, 1941. Postgraduate, University Leningrad, Russia, 1945—1947.

Doctorate in history, Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, 1947.

Career

Charge de cours University Paris, 1969. Visiting associate professor University Chicago, 1969—1970. Visiting professor Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1970—1971.

Professor Franconia College, New Hampshire, 1972—1978. Executive director Bund Archives of the Jewish Labor Movement, New York City, since 1978. Member committee for ancient studies Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1963—1968.

Board directors Jewish History Institute, Warsaw, 1964—1968. Member Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1980—1981, Princeton, fall, 1984.

Achievements

• Benjamin Irving Nadel has been listed as a noteworthy historian, archivist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Council on Jewish Archives and Research Libraries, Congress for Jewish Culture, Workmen's Circuit.

Interests

• Stamp collecting/philately.

Connections

Married Mirra Kopzywa, January 16, 1947 (deceased May 1983). Children: Isaac Robert, Eleanora.

Father:

Isaac Nadel

Mother:

Esther (Truboczyst) Nadel

Spouse:

Mirra Kopzywa

child:

Eleanora Nadel

child:

Isaac Robert Nadel