Background
Mr. Schaffner was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, on January 22, 1959. He is a son of Clarence (a Lutheran minister) and Marcelyne (Nelsen) Schaffner.
Mr. Schaffner was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, on January 22, 1959. He is a son of Clarence (a Lutheran minister) and Marcelyne (Nelsen) Schaffner.
Bradley L. Schaffner attended University of Zagreb till 1979. In 1981 he finished Gustavus Adolphus College with Bachelor of Arts. In 1984 he became a graduate of Indiana University—Bloomington, obtaining Master of Arts, and in 1989 Mr. Schaffner earned Master of Library Science from the same university.
Mr. Schaffner occupied the post of instructor in history at Indiana University—Bloomington between 1985 and 1989, library assistant, 1985-1986, Slavic copy cataloger, 1986-1989. He worked at University of Kansas, Lawrence, serving as a librarian, Russian and east Slavic studies bibliographer, and head of Slavic department at university library since 1989.
Bradley L. Schaffner married Stephanie Taylor, a tour coordinator, on June 10, 1995.