Background
Littell, Franklin Hamlin was born on June 20, 1917 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Clair F. and Lena Augusta (Hamlin) Littell.
(In presenting these selected papers, beginning in 1953, t...)
In presenting these selected papers, beginning in 1953, this author intends to provide an intellectual pilgrimage for students of the Holocaust and Genocide. If the reader is religious, whether Jewish or Christian, the SHOAH is the most important historical event in many centureies. It confronts the believing Jew with a massive crisis of faith.
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Littell, Franklin Hamlin was born on June 20, 1917 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Clair F. and Lena Augusta (Hamlin) Littell.
Bachelor, Cornell College, 1937. Doctor of Divinity, Cornell College, 1953. Bachelor's Degree, Union Theological Seminary, 1940.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1946. Doctor Theology (honorary), University Marburg, 1957. Doctor of Theology (honorary), Thiel College, 1968.
Other honorary degrees, Widener College, 1969. Other honorary degrees, Hebrew Union College, 1975. Other honorary degrees, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1976.
Other honorary degrees, Gratz College, 1977. Other honorary degrees, St. Joseph's University, 1988. Other honorary degrees, Stockton State College, 1991.
Other honorary degrees, University Bridgeport, 1996. Other honorary degrees, University New England, 2001. Other honorary degrees, Ohio Wesleyan University, 2004.
Director Lane Hall, University Michigan, 1944-1949. Chief protestant adviser to the United States High Commissioner, other service in Germany, 1949-1951, 53-58. Professor Chicago Theological Seminary, 1962-1969.
President Iowa Wesleyan College, 1966-1969. Professor religion Temple University, 1969-1986. Adjunct professor Institute Comtemporary Jewry, Hebrew University, Israel, 1973-1994.
Ida E. King distinguished professor Holocaust studies Richard Stockton College, 1989-1991, 96-98. Distinguished professor Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 1998-2009. Robert Foster Cherry distinguished visiting professor Baylor University, 1993-1994.
Guest professor numerous universities.
(In presenting these selected papers, beginning in 1953, t...)
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Consultant National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1958-1983. Member executive committee Notre Dame Colloqium, 1961-1968. Vice chairman Center for Reformation Research, 1964-1977.
National chairman Institute for American Democracy, 1966-1969, senior scholar, 1969-1976. Co-founder, president Annual Scholars' Conference on Church Struggle and Holocaust, 1970-2009. President Christians Concerned for Israel, 1971-1978, National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, 1978-1984, president emeritus 1985-2009.
Founder, chairman ecumenical committee Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag, 1953-1958. Co-founder, consultant Association Coordination University Religious Affairs, 1959-2009. Member United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 1979-1993.
Founder, president National Institute on Holocaust, Temple University, 1975-1983, Anne Frank Institute, Philadelphia, 1983-1989. Co-founder, president Philadelphia Center on Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights, 1989-2009. Member executive committee Remembering For The Future, Oxford and London, 1988, Berlin, 1994, honorary chairman Oxford and London, 2000.
Named observer to Vatican II. Member International Board of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, 1981-2009. Member European Association Evangelical Academies (co-founder 1965), Pen and Pencil Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Associates.
Married Harriet Davidson Lewis, June 15, 1939 (deceased 1978). Children: Jennith, Karen, Miriam, Stephen. Married 2d Marcia S. Sachs, 1980.
Children: Jonathan, Robert, Jennifer.