James Gutmann

Background

Gutmann, James was born on April 11, 1897 in New York City. Son of Carl and Lilly (Liebmann) Gutmann.

Education

AB, Columbia University, 1918; AM, Columbia University, 1919; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1936.

Career

Teacher ethics, Ethical Culture School, New York City, 1918-1928; associate leader, Society Ethical Culture, 1927-1930; with, Columbia University, 1920-1988; successively lecturer philosophy, instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, Columbia University, 1920-1948; professor philosophy, Columbia University, 1948-1962; professor emeritus, Columbia University, 1962-1988; department chairman, Columbia University, 1952-1961; director university seminars, Columbia University, 1970-1975. Member Executive Committee Committee to Abolish Capital Punishment. Member East-West Philosophers Conference, U. Hawaii, 1969.

Representative American Civil Liberties Union at United Nations.

Achievements

• James Gutmann has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Schelling: of human freedom

    (Chicago 1936 1st Open Court. A translation of Schelling's...)

  • Of Human Freedom: A Translation of F.W.J. Schelling's Philosophische Untersuchungen Uber Das Wesen Der Menschlichen Freiheit Und Die Damit Zusammenhangenden Gegenstande

Membership

Board directors Encampment for Citizenship, chairman, 1973-1975. Board directors Conference on Methods in Philosophy and Sciences, Forum on Psychiatry and Humanities, Washington. Member American Association of University Professors, American Philosophical Association, Columbia Faculty Club, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Jeanette Mack, February 3, 1920 (deceased 1960). Children: Barbara Rosenkrantz, Carl Mack, Alice Brandfonbrener. Married second Ruth Adler Friess, November 18, 1976 (deceased).

Father:

Carl Gutmann

Mother:

Lilly (Liebmann) Gutmann

Spouse:

second Ruth Adler Friess

Spouse:

Jeanette Mack

child:

Alice Brandfonbrener Gutmann

child:

Carl Mack Gutmann

child:

Barbara Rosenkrantz Gutmann