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Joel Henry Silbey, American history professor. American Philosophical Society fellow, 1969-1970; National Science Foundation fellow, 1970-1974; National Endowment of the Humanities fellow, 1980-1981; visiting fellow Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1985-1986; visiting scholar Russell Sage Foundation, 1988-1989; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial fellow, 1989-1990.

Background

Silbey, Joel Henry was born on August 16, 1933 in Brooklyn. Son of Sidney and Estelle (Mintzer) Silbey.

Education

Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1955. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1963.

Career

Assistant professor, San Francisco State College, 1960-1964; assistant professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1965-1966; assistant professor American History, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1967; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1967-1968; professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1968-1986; President White professor of history, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1986. Visiting assistant professor of history U. Pittsburgh, 1964-1965.

Achievements

  • Joel Henry Silbey has been listed as a noteworthy history professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

All works

Membership

Member American History Association (program committee 1977), Organisation American Historians (Chairman.program committee 1983), Southern History Association, Social Science History Association (co-chairman membership committee, member executive com).

Connections

Married Rosemary Johnson, August 13, 1959. Children: Victoria, David.

Father:
Sidney Silbey

Mother:
Estelle (Mintzer) Silbey

Spouse:
Rosemary Johnson

child:
David Silbey

child:
Victoria Silbey