Background
Rivkin, Ellis was born on September 7, 1918 in Baltimore. Son of Moses Isaacher and Beatrice (Leibowitz) Rivkin.
Rivkin, Ellis was born on September 7, 1918 in Baltimore. Son of Moses Isaacher and Beatrice (Leibowitz) Rivkin.
Bachelor with honors, Johns Hopkins University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1946. Biodiversity Heritage Library, Baltimore Hebrew College, 1945.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Baltimore Hebrew College, 1975. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Spertus College, 1990.
Instructor Jewish history, Gratz College, 1946-1949;
assistant professor, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1949-1951;
associate professor, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1951-1953;
professor, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1953-1989;
Adolph S. Ochs professor Jewish history, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1965-1989, Ochs professor emeritus, 1989;
chairman academic council, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion
Chairman of Commission on graduate studies, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1977-1985. Visiting professor Antioch College, 1963. Visiting professor Jewish history Dropsie U.,1969.
Joseph Rosenblatt lecturer U. Utah, 1967, visiting professor Jewish history, summer 1973. Visiting professor Judaic studies Southern Methodist U., 1977. Visiting Zwig professor of University San Francisco, 1984.
Visiting professor Spertus College, 1989.
President Globalist Research Foundation, since 1979. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American History Society, Economic History Association, Medieval Academy American, Central Conference American Rabbis, Jewish Publication Society (publication committee), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Zelda Zafren, June 29, 1941. Children— Roslyn Rivkin Haas, Sharon.