Background
Silbey, Joel Henry was born on August 16, 1933 in Brooklyn. Son of Sidney and Estelle (Mintzer) Silbey.
Silbey, Joel Henry was born on August 16, 1933 in Brooklyn. Son of Sidney and Estelle (Mintzer) Silbey.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1955. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1963.
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.
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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).
Married Rosemary Johnson, August 13, 1959. Children: Victoria, David.