Background
Stein, Jack Madison was born on April 25, 1914 in Newark. Son of Floyd Sweden and Florence (Sandt) Stein.
Stein, Jack Madison was born on April 25, 1914 in Newark. Son of Floyd Sweden and Florence (Sandt) Stein.
Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers University, 1934, Master of Arts, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1944. Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard, 1958.
Instructor German, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1944-1946. Instructor Columbia University, New York City, 1946-1948, assistant professor, 1948-1955, departmental representative, 1949-1958, associate professor, 1955-1958. Professor German, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1976, department chairman Germanic language and literature, 1965-1973, 75-76, coordinator Germanic language courses, 1958-1966, 73-75.
Advisory editor German textbooks West.W. Norton Company.
Member of advisory commission on foreign languages Massachusetts Board Education, 1963-1976.
President Boston Musica Viva, 1970-1976. Guggenheim award, 1954, 62.
Fulbright senior research grantee, 1954.
Member American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers German, American Council on Teaching Foreign Langs., North.A.A.C.P., New England Goethe Society (director 1964-1976), Americans for Democratic Action, American Civil Liberties Union, Common Cause.
Married Isabel Smith, May 27, 1938. Children: Judith, Jane.