Background
Shank, Michael H. was born on December 13, 1949 in Goshen, Indiana, United States. Son of David Arthur and Wilma E. (Hollopeter) Shank.
Shank, Michael H. was born on December 13, 1949 in Goshen, Indiana, United States. Son of David Arthur and Wilma E. (Hollopeter) Shank.
Bachelor, Goshen College, 1971. Master of Arts, University Notre Dame, 1975. AM, Harvard University, 1978.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1983.
Assistant professor, associate professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983-1987; assistant professor, Emory University, Atlanta, 1987-1988; assistant professor, associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1988; department chair, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1995.
( Founded in 1365, not long after the Great Plague ravage...)
Member American History Association Medieval Academy American, Renaissance Society of America, History of Science Society.
Married Carol Joyce Troyer, May 27, 1972. Children: Maria, Laura.