Background
Baird, Jay Warren was born on July 1, 1936 in Toledo. Son of Warren Austin and Helen Lucille Baird.
( "In this chilling study of Nazi heroic mythology, Baird...)
"In this chilling study of Nazi heroic mythology, Baird sheds a bright light on the dark, death-enthralled underpinnings of the German political and cultural psyche during the years 1918–45." ―Booklist "Baird blends first-rate historical reconstruction with expert cultural analysis." ―American Historical Review "Baird's fascinating account of Nazi heroism provides real understanding of the Nazi employment of aesthetics as politics and will be welcomed by students of twentieth-century German and European culture." ―The Historian
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Baird, Jay Warren was born on July 1, 1936 in Toledo. Son of Warren Austin and Helen Lucille Baird.
Bachelor, Denison University, 1958. Postgraduate, Free University Berlin, 1959. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1966.
Instructor history Stanford (California) University, 1963—1965. Assistant professor history Pomona College, Claremont, 1965—1967. Associate professor Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, since 1967, full professor history, since 1975.
Visiting fellow Clare Hall, Cambridge, England, 1997, Selwyn College, Cambridge, 2002.
( "In this chilling study of Nazi heroic mythology, Baird...)
Member of Ohio Academy History (Distinguished Teaching award 1996), German Studies Association (president 1993-1995), American History Association.
Married Sally Eshelman Baird, August 23, 1958. Children: Lisa Jane, Bryan Eshelman, Stanford Davis.