Background
Szeftel, Marc M. was born on February 10, 1902 in Starokonstantinov, Russia. Son of Uriel and Anna (Kovner) Szeftel.
Szeftel, Marc M. was born on February 10, 1902 in Starokonstantinov, Russia. Son of Uriel and Anna (Kovner) Szeftel.
Certificate of maturity, Lublin, 1919. Master of Laws, U. Warsaw, 1925. Doctor of Laws, University Brussels, 1934.
Licentiate of Slavic Philology and History, 1939.
Graduate studies sociology Columbia, 1943-1945.
Came to United States, 1942. Naturalized, 1959. Public translator, Antwerp, 1930-1940. Lecturer in Polish and Russian, University of Brussels, 1936-1939, assistant professor Slavic history, 1939-1940.
Professor Russian history, Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes, New York City, 1942-1945.
Professor French history, 1945. Acting assistant professor, assistant professor and associate professor Russian and Slavic history, Cornell Univercity, 1945-1956, professor, 1956-1961.
Professor Russian mediaeval history U. Washington, from 1961. Visiting professor Bard College, spring 1945.
Visiting associate professor Columbia, Graduate school and Russian Institute, spring 1950-1951, fall 1952, 53.
Consultant Ford Foundation, spring 1954. Belgian American Ednl. Foundation advanced fellow, 1943-1945.
Senior fellow Columbia University Russian Institute, 1949-1950, 52-53.
Guggenheim Foundation fellow, 1959-1960. Royal license to practice law in Belgium, 1938.
Member American History Association (president conference Slavic studies 1962-1963), International Commission for the History Parliamentary Institutions, Societe Jean Bodin Pour L’Etude Comparative de L’Histoire des Institutions, Institut de Sociologie Solvay, Groupe Doctorate’Etudes Sociologiques (1936-1940).
Married Catherine Bowne Crouse, June 18, 1949. Children: Daniel Maynard Crouse (adopted), Tatiana Hunt, Marc Watson.