Background
Weil, Irwin was born on April 16, 1928 in Cincinnati. Son of Sidney and Florence (Levy) Weil.
Slavic languages and literature educator
Weil, Irwin was born on April 16, 1928 in Cincinnati. Son of Sidney and Florence (Levy) Weil.
Bachelor of Arts Chicago, 1948. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1960.
Doctorate (honorary), Nevsky Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1999. Doctorate (honorary), Russian State University Humanities, Moscow, 2007.
Senior social science research analyst Library of Congress, 1951-1954. Teaching fellow Harvard University, 1956-1958. Member faculty Brandeis University, 1958-1965.
Member faculty department Slavic languages and literature Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, since 1966, chairman department, 1976-1982. Visiting professor University Moscow, Soviet Academy of Sciences. Set up series of international symposia between American scholars and Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences.
Founder 1st Soviet-American television Student Competition in Literature, 1988-1989. Active in establishment of American Studies Center Humanities University, Moscow, Russia.
Member American Association Teachers Slavic and East European Languages (executive secretary 1962-1968, Excellence in Teaching award 1993), American Council Teachers Russian (vice president 1975-1979, president 1980-1984), International Association Professors Russian (founding United States member).
Married Vivian Weil, December 27, 1950. Children: Martin, Alice, Daniel.