Background

Max Okenfuss was born on September 14, 1938, in Ste. Genevieve, Maryland, United States. He is the son of Max and Gladys (Appelt) Okenfuss.

Education

Okenfuss graduated from Harvard University. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in 1971.

Career

Okenfuss started his career as a professor of history at Washington University, St. Louis in 1970. Now he holds the position of Professor Emeritus of the Department of History there.

Okenfuss has also served at U.S. Air Force from 1956 till 1960.

Works

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  • The Rise and Fall of Latin Humanism in Early-Modern Russia: Pagan Authors, Ukrainians, and the Resiliency of Muscovy (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)

    (The Rise and Fall of Latin Humanismus in Early Modern Rus...)

    1997
  • Reemerging Russia: Search For Identity

    (A Humanities program on the History, Culture and Current ...)

    1995
  • The Peoples of Russia and China: Facing the Dawn of a New Century

    (A humanities program on 20th Century history and culture ...)

    1999
  • The Travel Diary of Peter Tolstoi: A Muscovite in Early Modern Europe 1988

Connections

Okenfuss is married to Ruth Elizabeth. They have a child, Heidi Christina.

Father:

Max Okenfuss

Mother:

Gladys (Appelt) Okenfuss

Wife:

Ruth Elizabeth

Daughter:

Heidi Christina Okenfuss