Background
Littell, Marcia Sachs was born in 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Leon Harry Sobel and Selma Lipson.
Holocaust and genocide studies professor
Littell, Marcia Sachs was born in 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Leon Harry Sobel and Selma Lipson.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Temple University, 1971. Master of Science in Education, Temple University, 1975. Doctor of Education, Temple University, 1990.
International executive director Anne Frank Institute, Phla., 1981-1989. Executive director Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust & the Churches, Merion, Pennsylvania, since 1980. Professor Holocaust and genocide studies, founding director Master of Arts program Holocaust & genocide studies The Richard Stockton College New Jersey, since 1997.
Adjunct professor Temple University, Philadelphia, 1990-1997. Visiting professor Philadelphia Community College, 1974-1976. Director Philadelphia Center on the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights, since 1989.
Executive committee Remembering for the Future, Oxford, England and Berlin, since 1986. Member education committee United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, 1987-1989, chairman's advisory committee, 1985.
Executive committee YM/YWHA Arts Council, Philadelphia, since 1980. Advisory board Child Welfare, Montgomery County, 1975-1980, American Friends the Ghetto Fighters House. Board governors Lower Merion Scholarship Fund, 1972-1980.
Fellow National Association Holocaust Educators, Association of Holocaust Organizations (founding secretary 1985-1988), National Council for the Social Studies.
Children: Jonathan R., Robert L. Junior, Jennifer. Married Franklin H. Littell, March 23, 1980.