Background
Shuster, George Nauman was born on August 27, 1894 in Lancaster, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Anthony and Elizabeth (Nauman) Shuster.
Shuster, George Nauman was born on August 27, 1894 in Lancaster, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Anthony and Elizabeth (Nauman) Shuster.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Notre Dame, 1915, Master of Arts, 1920. Certificat d’Aptitude, U. Poitiers, France, 1919. Graduate study Columbia, 1925-1926, Doctor of Philosophy, 1940, Doctor of Laws, 1954.
Doctor of Laws, Saint Thomas College, 1950.
Doctor of Music, New York College Music, 1954. Doctor of Letters, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1956.
Loyola University, 1957. Doctor of Humane Letters, Dropsie College, 1957.
Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, U. Freiburg, 1957.
Doctor of Laws, Manhattan College, 1958. Doctor of Letters, Seton Hill College, 1958. En.d. University, University Free Berlin, 1958.
Doctor of Laws, Long Island University, 1960, Stonehill College, 1964.
Doctor of Laws, Saint Mary's College, 1965. Doctor of Humane Letters, Hunter College, 1960, Mundelein College, 1966, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1968.
1 son, Robert George. Head department English, U. Notre Dame, 1920-1924. Instructor England, Brooklyn (New York) Polytechnic Institute, 1924-1925.
Professor of English, Saint Joseph’s College for Women, Brooklyn, 1924-1935.
Associate editor The Commonweal, 1925-1929, managing editor, 1929-1937, fellow Social Science Research Council, Columbia, 1937-1939. Dean and acting president, Hunter College, New York, 1939-1940, president, 1940-1960.
Assistant to president Notre Dame University, 1961-1971, professor emeritus English, South Bend campus, 1971-1977. Consultant Center Study Democratic Institutions Director Encyclopedia Britannica Ednl.
Corporation, Szabo Foods, Incorporated.
Oberlaender Trust fellow in Germany, 1932.
Member general advising committee, Division Cultural Relations, Department State, 1944-1945. Member Enemy Alien Board Northern 2, New York, 1942-1945. Chairman Historical Commission to Germany, War Department, 1945.
Member U. Chicago Commision on the Freedom of the Press, 1944-1947.
Chairman Committee on Discrimination in the Nation’s Capitol, 1947. Served as sergeant Intelligence Section, United States Army, World War I.
Club: Century.
Married Doris Parks Cunningham, June 25, 1924.