Background
Cefkin, J. Leo was born on March 16, 1916 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Mischa and Bluma (Jacobson) Cefkin.
Cefkin, J. Leo was born on March 16, 1916 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Mischa and Bluma (Jacobson) Cefkin.
Associate of Arts, Los Angeles City College, 1939. Bachelor, University Southern California, 1948. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1949.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1954.
Lecturer, instructor, Brooklyn College, 1949-1953; lecturer, instructor, Hunter College, New York City, 1953-1955; from assistant to full professor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1956-1986; professor emeritus, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, since 1986. Visiting professor and department head Rockefeller Foundation, U. College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1965-1966. Visiting professor Graduate School of International Studies, U. Denver, 1990.
Delaware Democratic National Conventions, Chicago, New York City, 1968, 76. Chairman 4th Democratic Congressional District, 1972-1977. Chairman Larimer County Democrats, Fort Collins, 1961-1963.
Fellow African Studies Association. Member Western Association Africanists, (president 1975-1977, 1982-1983), Association Racing Commissioners International, Inc. (board directors 1989), American Professors for Peace in Middle East, International Studies Program, Colorado Racing Commission (vice chairman and chairman 1976).
Married Rose MacKanick, August 13, 1949 (divorced October 1975). Children: Judith, Barbara, Jonathan, Melissa, Carol, Danny. Married Susan West Furniss, December 27, 1976.