Thomas Kessner

Background

Kessner, Thomas was born on December 20, 1946 in Bergen Belsen, Germany. Son of Eugene and Livia Kessner.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Brooklyn College, 1967; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy with distinction, Columbia University, 1975.

Career

Associate director, National Endowment for Humanities History and Humanities Program CUNY Graduate Center, 1980-1984; director Fiorello H. La Guardia Archives, La Guardia Community College, CUNY, 1982-1983; director scholar New York county for the humanities, American History Teacher Institute, Graduate Center CUNY, 1984-1985; director National Endowment for Humanities Seminar for high school teachers, CUNY Graduate Center, 1981-1983, 85, 87; deputy Executive officer Doctor of Philosophy program in history, CUNY Graduate Center, since 1989; professor of history, Graduate Center CUNY, since 1971; director, National Endowment for Humanities Summer Seminars, 1991-1995. Member chancellor's steering commission on history CUNY, 1979-1982, associate Mus.of the Jewish Heritage, 1987, Select Presidential Commision on Refugee and Immigration Policy, 1980, Harvard Encyclopedia American Ethnic Groups, 1980. Exec.com. New York State Institute for Teachers of History, New York Council for the Humanities, 1984.

Consultant historian Ellis Island Museum, 1985-1987.

Achievements

• Thomas Kessner has been listed as a noteworthy Historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Golden Door: Italian and Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York City 1880-1915

    (Book by Kessner, Thomas)

  • The Golden Door: Italian and Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York City (The Urban Life in America)
  • The Golden Door: Italian and Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York City (The Urban Life in America) by Thomas Kessner (1977-01-20)
  • The Golden Door: Italian and Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York City 1880-1915 by Thomas Kessner (1977-01-20)
  • The Golden Door: Italian and Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York City 1880-1915 by Kessner, Thomas(January 20, 1977) Paperback

Membership

Member Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Sigma Lambda.

Connections

Married Rachel Roth, December 17, 1967. Children: Joseph, Hadassah, Sara, Aryeh, Meir, David.

Father:

Eugene Kessner

Mother:

Livia Kessner

Spouse:

Rachel Roth

child:

Joseph Kessner

child:

Hadassah Kessner

child:

Aryeh Kessner

child:

Meir Kessner

child:

David Kessner

child:

Sara Kessner