Background
Siegel, Seymour was born on September 12, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David and Jeanette (Morris) Siegel.
Siegel, Seymour was born on September 12, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David and Jeanette (Morris) Siegel.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1947; M.H.L., Jewish Theological Seminary, 1951; Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1958.
Rabbi, 1951;
registrar, postgraduate department, Jewish Theological Seminary American, 1951-1959;
associate professor theology, Jewish Theological Seminary American, 1959-1967;
seminary professor theology, Young Men's Philanthropic League professor ethics and rabbinic thought, Jewish Theological Seminary American, 1967-1988;
Ralph Simon professor ethics and theology, Jewish Theological Seminary American, 1976-1988;
assistant dean, Herbert H. Lehman Institute Ethics, 1962-1988. Visiting professor Seminario Rabinico, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1962-1964. Adjunct.prof. Jewish studies.
College City New York, 1971-1973. Lecturer ethics Union Theological Seminary. Senior research fellow Kennedy Institute for Bioethics, 1976-1977.
Humanities fellow and lecturer Medical College Pennsylvania. Fellow Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, 1981. Visiting professor George Washington University.
Member President's Common for Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and biomedical Behavioral Research, 1982-1983. Executive director United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 1982-1988. Adjunct scholar Heritage Foundation, 1981-1988.
Fellow Institute Religious and Social Studies, Society for Religion in Higher Education, Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, American Jewish Forum (president), World Union of Jewish Studies (council 1981). Member B'nai B'rith.