Background
Kortepeter, Carl Max was born on May 27, 1928 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Carl Frederick and Olive (Derbyshire) Kortepeter.
Kortepeter, Carl Max was born on May 27, 1928 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Carl Frederick and Olive (Derbyshire) Kortepeter.
AB, Harvard University, 1950. Master of Arts, McGill University of Canberra, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1962.
Master of Science, Rutgers University, 1989.
Instructor biology, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, 1950-1953;
associate professor Middle East history, U. Toronto, Canada, 1961-1967;
professor, New York University, since 1967;
director Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University, 1969-1970. Lecturer Canada Command and General Staff College, Kingston, 1964, Foreign Svc. Institute, Washington, 1976-1978.
Founder Princeton (New Jersey) Middle East Systems, since 1975. Secretary-treasurer Kingston Press, Inc., 1982-1987. Member of national selection committee Fulbright Found.
Honored guest Imam Muhammad al-Saud U., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1987.
Member mayor's council City of Toronto, 1964-1966. With Griggstown (New Jersey) Voluntary Fire Company, since 1967. Secretary board directors Americans for Middle East Understanding, 1968-1974, American Reserve Institute in Turkey, 1965-1975.
Treasurer American Field Service Committee, Montgomery Township, 1980-1981. Indiana Reform Party candidate for United States Congress, New Jersey, 1990. Sergeant United States Army, 1954-1956.
Member Middle East Studies Association (senior, research committee 1969-1971), International Congress for Ottoman and Turkish Studies, Turkish Studies Association, Adirondack Mountain Club, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament.
Married Cynthia King, April 7, 1957. 6 children.