Background
Kahn, Ludwig Werner was born on October 18, 1910 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Bernhard and Dora (Frishberg) Kahn. came to the United States, 1936, naturalized, 1943.
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Kahn, Ludwig Werner was born on October 18, 1910 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Bernhard and Dora (Frishberg) Kahn. came to the United States, 1936, naturalized, 1943.
Student, University Berlin, 1928-1930, 31-33; student, University Paris, 1931; Master of Arts, University London, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy, University Berne, 1934.
Staff member, Warburg Institute, London, 1934-1936; assistant lecturer, University College, U. London, 1935-1936; instructor, U. Rochester, 1936-1940; instructor, Bryn Mawr College, 1940-1942; editor, Strategic Index of Latin American, 1942-1943; instructor, Vassar College, 1942-1945; assistant professor, Vassar College, 1945-1947; assistant professor, College City New York, 1947-1953; associate professor, College City New York, 1953-1962; professor, College City New York, 1963-1967; department chairman Germanic and Slavic languages, College City New York, 1961-1967; professor, Columbia, since 1967; Gebhard professor Germanic languages and literature, Columbia, 1973-1979; Gebhard professor emeritus, Columbia, since 1979. Director Deutsches Haus, 1973-1979. Visiting professor Yale Graduate School, 1968, 79, Technology U., Stuttgart, Germany, 1959-1960, Graduate Center, City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 1971.
Member regional selection committee Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 1962-1966. Member Fulbright Screening Committee, 1971-1973. Member Modern Language Association (section chairman 1955), American Association of University Professors, American Association Teachers German, Germanistic Society of America (director 1968-1989).
Married Tatyana Uffner, July 12, 1941. Children– Andrée S., Miriam.
