Background
Gelfand, Lawrence Emerson was born on June 20, 1926 in Cleveland. Son of Maurice Hirsch and Rachel S. (Shapiro) Gelfand.
Gelfand, Lawrence Emerson was born on June 20, 1926 in Cleveland. Son of Maurice Hirsch and Rachel S. (Shapiro) Gelfand.
Bachelor, Western Reserve University, 1949. Master of Arts, Western Reserve University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1958.
Assistant professor of history, U. Hawaii, 1956-1958; acting assistant professor of history, U. Washington, 1958-1959; assistant professor of history, U. Wyoming, 1959-1962; assistant professor of history, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1962-1964; associate professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1964-1966; professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1966-1994; chairman history Department, University Iowa, Iowa City, 1989-1992; professor emeritus, since 1994; visiting professor, U. Oregon, summer 1966; visiting professor, U. Montana, summer 1970; visiting professor, U. Washington, 1974. Mary Ball Washington professor American History, University College, Dublin, Ireland,1987-1988.
Board curators State History Society Iowa, 1970-1972. Member advisory board National Archives for Region VI, 1968-1974. Chairman Center for Study Recent History of the United States, Iowa City, 1981-1991.
Member research and book prize committee Hoover Presidential Library., 1996-1999. Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member American History Association, Organization American Historians, Society for Historians of America Foreign Relations (vice president 1981, president 1982).
Married Miriam J. Ifland, June 14, 1953. Children: Julia M., Daniel B., Ronald S.