Erwin Ray Steinberg

Background

Steinberg, Erwin Ray was born on November 15, 1920 in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Steinberg and Leah Neumann Steinberg.

Education

Teaching certified, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, 1940. Bachelor of Science, State University of New York, Albany, 1941. Master of Science, State University of New York, Albany, 1942.

Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1956.

Career

Instructor English, Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, 1946-1949; from assistant professor to associate professor to professor, Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, 1949-1979; dean Margaret Morrison Carnegie Mellon U., Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, 1960-1973; dean College Humanities and Social Sciences, Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, 1965-1975; Thomas S. Baker Professor of English, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1980-1993; Professor of English and rhetoric, since 1994; vice provost education, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, since 1991. Visiting scholar Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, California, 1970-1971. Communications consultant to various business, community and governmental organizations.

Achievements

• Erwin Ray Steinberg has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator, language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Personal Integrity (Readings in Depth for the English Compostion Course on a Problem Important to Every Individual in Our Society)

    (paperback book)

  • Needed Research in the Teaching of English (Proceedings of a Project English Research Conference, May 1962)

Membership

Sergeant United States Air Force, 1943-1946. Member Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers English (executive committee, board directors, member commission on English curriculum), Conference on College Composition and Communications (chairman, member executive committee), Society Technology Writers and Publications (officer Pittsburgh chapter, member national committee on education and professional development).

Connections

Married Beverly Ann Mendelson, August 15, 1954. Children: Marc, Alan.

Father:

Samuel Steinberg

Mother:

Leah Neumann Steinberg

Spouse:

Beverly Ann Mendelson

child:

Marc Steinberg

child:

Alan Steinberg