Background
Kirsner, Robert was born on July 9, 1921 in near Ukmerge, Lithuania. Came to the United States, 1935, naturalized, 1943. Son of Samuel and Anna (Levine) Kirsner.
Kirsner, Robert was born on July 9, 1921 in near Ukmerge, Lithuania. Came to the United States, 1935, naturalized, 1943. Son of Samuel and Anna (Levine) Kirsner.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Cincinnati, 1943; Master of Arts, University Cincinnati, 1945; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1949.
Instructor, Princeton, 1945-1949;
from assistant professor to professor Romance languages and literature, U. Cincinnati, 1949-1964;
professor Spanish, U. Miami, Florida, since 1964;
department chairman foreign languages, U. Miami, 1965-1973;
visiting professor, Johns Hopkins, summer 1948;
visiting professor, National U. Guatemala, summer 1951;
visiting professor, Tulane University, summer 1957;
instructor National Defense Education Act Language Institute,, San Francisco State College, summer 1959;
instructor National Defense Education Act Language Institute,, Michigan State University, 1961;
instructor National Defense Education Act Language Institute,, U. Arizona, summer 1964;
instructor National Defense Education Act Language Institute,, University of California at Berkeley, summer 1966;
instructor National Defense Education Act Language Institute,, U. Arizona Guadalahara Summer School, 1986, 87, 88-;
resident director, Rollins College in Bogota, 1963-1964. Reader Ednl. Testing Svc., 1978-1984. Lecturer United States Information Agency, Guatemala and Dominican Republic, 1983.
Visiting professor OFINES, Spain, summers 1990, 92. Participant in archael. expedition at Bet She'an, Israel, 1993, Jewish Solidarity Mission to Cuba, 1994. Lecturer on Norwegian Cruise Line/Norwegian Star, 1997, Symposium on Yiddish, Jerusalem, 1998.
(from the University of North Carolina Press)
Member Princeton Admissions Committee. Southern Florida Member Jewish Community Relations Council Cincinnati, 1954-1964. Board directors Hillel Foundation, University Cincinnati, 1953-1959.
Member executive board Volunteers for Israel, since 1986. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1944. Member American Association of University Professors (president University Cincinnati chapter 1962-1963, president Florida conference 1983-1985, vice president Florida conference 1979-1981, award 1995), Modern Language Association (chairman bibliographical committee Spanish contemporary literature section 1951-1954, chairman 18th-19th centuries section 1962), Central States Modern Language Association, Southern Atlantic Modern Language Association 9v.p.
1976-1977, president 1977-1978), Ohio Modern Language Teachers Association (president 1960-1961), Institute de Literature Iberoamericana, American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese (chairman literature section 1951, executive committee 1959-1961, president Southern Ohio chapter 1950-1952), B'nai B'rith (vice president Cincinnati 1953-1954), Princeton Club (Southern Florida) (vice president).
Married Mildred Dorothy Warshofsky, April 11, 1947. Children: Steven and David (twins), Barbara, Kenneth, Tamara.