Background
Mandelbaum, David Goodman was born on August 22, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel and Lena (Goodman) Mandelbaum.
Mandelbaum, David Goodman was born on August 22, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel and Lena (Goodman) Mandelbaum.
Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1932; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1936.
Instructor, assistant professor, University of Minnesota, 1938-1946; research analyst United States Government agys., 1942-1943; chief Indian-Cylon section, Office Research and Intelligence, Department of State, 1946; associate professor anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, 1946-1948; professor, University of California at Berkeley, 1948-1987; department chairman, University of California at Berkeley, 1955-1957; chairman, Center South Asia Studies, 1965-1968. Visiting Fulbright professor of University Cambridge, England, 1953. Director Ednl. Resources in Anthropology Project, 1959-1961.
Member of the United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1957-1962, 75. Served from First lieutenant tomaj. Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
Member American Anthropological Association, American Oriental Society, Society Applied Anthropology, American Ethnological Society, Association Asian Studies, Society South India Studies (president since 1980), American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman anthropology section 1976), Sigma Xi.
Married Ruth Weiss, May 23, 1943. Children— Michael E., Susan F., Jonathan E. (deceased).