Background
Ingham, Norman William was born on December 31, 1934 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Earl Morris and Gladys May (Rust) Ingham.
genealogist Russian literature educator
Ingham, Norman William was born on December 31, 1934 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Earl Morris and Gladys May (Rust) Ingham.
AB, Middlebury College in German and Russian cum laude, 1957; postgraduate Slavic philology, Free U. Berlin, 1957-1958; Master of Arts in Russian language and literature, University of Michigan, 1959; postgraduate in Russian language and literature, Leningrad (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) State University, 1961-1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Slavic languages and literature, Harvard University, 1963.
Postdoctoral researcher, Czechoslovak Academy Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1963-1964;
assistant professor department Slavic languages and literature, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1964-1965;
assistant professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965-1970;
lecturer, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970-1971;
associate professor, University of Chicago, 1971-1982;
professor, University of Chicago, since 1982;
department chairman, University of Chicago, 1977-1983;
director Eastern Europe and Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics language and area center, University of Chicago, 1978-1991. Member American Committee Slavists, 1977-1983. Member committee Slavic and Eastern European studies University of Chicago, 1979-1991, chairman, 1982-1991, also other committees.
Director Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, 1991-1996. Representative international Research and Exch. Board; certified genealogist, since 1994.
Member American Association Advancement Slavic Studies (representative council on member institutions 1985-1996, area representative national advisory committee for Eastern European language programs 1985-1996), American Association Teachers Slavic and East European Languages, Early Slavic Studies Association (vice president 1993-1995, president 1995-1997), Chicago Consortium for Slavic and East European Studies (vice president 1982-1984, 98, president 1984-1986, 98-2000, executive council 1992-1994), Phi Beta Kappa.