Background
Lemisch, Jesse was born on September 27, 1936 in New York City. Son of Tobias Brown and Beatrice (Cohen) Lemisch.
Lemisch, Jesse was born on September 27, 1936 in New York City. Son of Tobias Brown and Beatrice (Cohen) Lemisch.
Bachelor with high honors, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1957. Master of Arts in History, Columbia University, New York City, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, 1963.
Instructor history Yale University, New Haven, 1962-1963. Assistant professor history University Chicago, 1963-1968. Visiting assistant professor history Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1968-1969.
Assistant professor history Roosevelt University, Chicago, 1969-1971, associate professor history, 1971-1973. Associate professor history and American studies State University of New York, Buffalo, 1973-1988. Visiting associate professor history City University of New York, Baruch College, New York City, 1985-1988.
Associate professor history City University of New York, John Jay College Criminal Justice, 1988—2000, emeritus professor history, since 2000. Participant, chair numerous conferences. International lecturer in field, including Yale University, 1994, Memorial for Evangelical Presbyterian Thompson, New York City, 1993, Tikkun Magazine conference, New York City, 1988, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences, International Conference Americanists, Moscow, 1991, others.
(history, political science)
Advisor and consultant to numerous American Revolution Bicentennial activities and organizations, 1976. Member American History Association (committee on commemoration of America Revolution Bicentennial 1971-1976), Organization American Historians (nominating board 1976-1978), Elizabethan Club Yale University, Yale Alumni for Social Justice.
Married Naomi Weisstein, June 14, 1965.