Harold Martin Stahmer

Background

Stahmer,, Harold Martin was born on August 7, 1929 in Brooklyn. Son of Harold Martin and Ann Lillian (Truntz) Stahmer.

Education

Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1951. Visiting scholar, Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach, 1952. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1955.

Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1957. Visiting scholar, Columbia University Law School, 1966.

Career

Instructor religion Barnard College, 1957-1960, acting department chairman, 1958-1960, assistant professor, 1961-1962. Associate professor Barnard College and Columbia University, 1962-1967. Chairman department religion Barnard College, 1962-1968.

Director undergraduate program in religion Columbia University, 1962-1967, professor, 1967-1969. Director intensive summer studies program Harvard-Yale-Columbia, 1967-1969. Associate dean University Florida College Arts and Sciences, Gainesville, 1969-1979, associate director, Center for Gerontological Studies and Programs, professor religion and philosophy.

Lecturer contemporary western religious trends Columbia Broadcasting System, 1966.

Membership

Member standing committee church and state American Civil Liberties Union, 1960-1969. Coordinator Governor Askew's Conference Higher Education Disadvantaged, 1970. Member Governor's Capital Punishment Commission, 1972.

Fellow American Council Learned Societies, Society Human Values in Higher Education. Member American Association of University Professors, Science Society Study Religion, American Academy Religion, American Civil Liberties Union.

Connections

Children– Sarah Anne, Jennifer Betsy, Hannah Mary. Married Paula Jessica Rosenstock Huessy, September 21, 1985.

Father:

Harold Martin Stahmer,

Mother:

Ann Lillian (Truntz) Stahmer,

Spouse:

Paula Jessica Rosenstock Huessy

child:

Hannah Mary Stahmer,

child:

Sarah Anne Stahmer,

child:

Jennifer Betsy Stahmer,