Background

Adelson, Howard Laurence was born on July 16, 1925 in Brooklyn. Son of Moses Hirsch and Esther (Finkelstein) Adelson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, New York University, 1945; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1948; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1952.

Career

Instructor, Princeton, 1952; instructor, U. Alabama, 1952; visiting lecturer, Kyungsanbukto U., Taegu, Korea, 1953; professor, College City New York, since 1954; department chairman history, College City New York, 1969-1972. Instructor New York University, 1957-1958. Director Summer Seminar in Economics History, 1960.

Executive officer Doctor of Philosophy Program in History, City U., New York, 1966-1969. Director University Centers for Rational Alternatives, National Commision on American Foreign Policy. Director studies Summer Seminar in Numismatics, 1954-1969.

Achievements

• Howard Laurence Adelson has been listed as a noteworthy History educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • LIGHT WEIGHT SOLIDI AND BYZANTINE TRADE DURING THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 138

    (A solidus is a Byzantine gold coin. It was the standard t...)

  • Medieval Commerce
  • Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History, Volume VIII.
  • Light weight solidi and Byzantine trade during the sixth and seventh centuries.

Membership

Trustee, chairman academy council American Friends Hebrew University, vice president, 1981. Chairman national council United Zionist Revisionists of America. Member executive committee American Zionist Federation, 1981, National Committee on American Foreign Policy.

Associate board directors Brookdale Hospital Medical Center. Vice president American Friends Hebrew University. Member board governors Hebrew University, 1980, board overseers Rothberg School for Overseas Students.

Served with Army of the United States, 1947-1948, with United States Air Force, 1952-1954. Fellow American Numismatic Society. Member American History Association, Archaeol.

Institute American, American Philological Association, Medieval Academy American, Jewish Publication Society of America (publication committee), Zionist Organization American Clubs: Princeton (New York City), Men's Faculty Club Columbia University (New York City).

Connections

Married Helen Ruth Gottesman, August 17, 1958 (divorced 1970). Children: Mark Hirsch, Sarah Phoebe.

Father:

Moses Hirsch Adelson

Mother:

Esther (Finkelstein) Adelson

Spouse:

Helen Ruth Gottesman

child:

Mark Hirsch Adelson

child:

Sarah Phoebe Adelson