Background
Waxler, Robert Phillip was born on December 16, 1944 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Felix Benjamin and Helen Ruth Waxler.
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Robert Phillip Waxler
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Robert Phillip Waxler, American University educator, consultant. National Endowment for Humanities summer grantee University of California at Los Angeles, 1978; grantee Southern Massachusetts U. Foundation 1984; recipient Eisner Citizenship award Boy Scouts American, 1987, Richard M. Fontera award Labor Education Center, 1988, Honorary medal University of the Azores, 1989.
Education
Bachelor, Brown U., 1967; Master of Arts, Boston College, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1976.
Career
Instructor, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1974-1975;
assistant professor, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1975-1980;
associate professor, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1980-1986;
professor literature, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, since 1986;
assistant dean, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1987-1988;
associate dean, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1988-1989;
dean continuing education and summer programs, U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth, since 1994;
co-director Center for Jewish Culture, U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth, since 1981;
chairman Judaic studies, U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth, since 1984;
chairman English Department, University Massachusetts, Dartmouth, 1993-1994. Partner Comm. Management company, Inc., South Dartmouth, 1981-1985. Committee consultant Tricom, Inc., South Dartmouth, 1981-1990.
National Endowment for Humanities visiting fellow Princeton University, summer 1983. Participant 12th annual seminar American Jewish Committee, Israel, 1981.
Achievements
Membership
Founding member Jewish Student Svc. Center, North Dartmouth, 1978-1985. Co-founder Changing Lives Through Literature program, since 1991.
Member steering committee Labor Education Center, North Dartmouth, since 1981. Member of the board of regents Massachusetts Task Force on Undergraduate Experience, Boston, 1988. Board directors TiferethIsrael Synagogue, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1976-1980, Jewish Federation, New Bedford, 1980-1981.
Chairman Azorean Synagogue Restoration Committee, since 1989. Member Massachusetts Speech Communication Association (Executive Committee 1984-1985).
Interests
Connections
Married Linda Davida Lassoff, June 25, 1967. Children: Jonathan Blake, Jeremy Regan.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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National Endowment for Humanities summer grantee University of California at Los Angeles, 1978. Grantee Southern Massachusetts U. Foundation 1984. Recipient Eisner Citizenship award Boy Scouts American, 1987, Richard M. Fontera award Labor Education Center, 1988, Honorary medal University of the Azores, 1989.National Endowment for Humanities summer grantee University of California at Los Angeles, 1978. Grantee Southern Massachusetts U. Foundation 1984. Recipient Eisner Citizenship award Boy Scouts American, 1987, Richard M. Fontera award Labor Education Center, 1988, Honorary medal University of the Azores, 1989.