Background
Resnick, Nathan was born on June 13, 1910 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham and Fanny (Weinberg) Resnick.
Resnick, Nathan was born on June 13, 1910 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham and Fanny (Weinberg) Resnick.
Bachelor of Science, Long Island University, 1933. Student Art Student’s League, 1933, 1945. Bachelor of Science Columbia, 1937.
Master of Arts, New York University, 1945.
May 4, 1943. Assistant librarian Long Island University, 1933-1939, librarian, 1939-1948, instructor English, 1938-1948, director libraries, from 1948, director Long Island U. Press, from 1948, associate Professor of English, 1948-1952, associate professor art, 1950-1956, professor, from 1956, chairman art department, from 1961. Director publications, exhibits, from 1962, coordinator Long Island U.-Brooklyn Museum Art School, 1957-1968, director planning, from 1965, dean for development learning center programs. Consultant, Photography in the Fine Arts.
Member international advisory council Fund for Concerned Photography.
Educational facilities consultant, from 1969, consultant Oceanic Ednl. Foundation, from 1970.
Secretary Leaves of Grass Centennial Committee. Member Walt Whitman Foundation, Camden.
Founder Long Island U.-Walt Whitman Colloquia, 1965.
Trustee Walt Whitman Birthplace Association. Board directors International Cultural Centers for Youth.
Member American Academy Political and Social Science, American Library Association, American Association of University Professors, American Studies Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science (White House Conference on Education 1955), New York Folklore Society, National Education Association, American Museum Natural History, Museum Modern Art, Woodstock (New York) Art Association, College Art Association, Quill.
Married Ernestine Roberts Cederholm.