Background
Gundersheimer, Werner Leonard was born on April 7, 1937 in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Son of Herman Samuel and Frieda (Siegel) Gundersheimer.
Gundersheimer, Werner Leonard was born on April 7, 1937 in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Son of Herman Samuel and Frieda (Siegel) Gundersheimer.
Bachelor, Amherst College, 1959. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Amherst College, 1984. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1963. Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1971. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Williams College, 1989.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Muhlenberg College, 1991. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Davidson College, 1998. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Washington College, 2003.
Assistant professor history University Wisconsin, Madison, 1963-1964. Junior fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962-1966. Assistant professor University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1966-1968, associate professor, 1968-1972, professor, 1972-1985, chairman history department, 1976-1978.
Director Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, 1984—2002, director emeritus, since 2002. Visiting professor history Williams College, 2003. Visiting professor George Washington University, since 2004.
Trustee Rosenbach Museum and Library., Philadelphia, 1969-1989, The Medici Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1984-2005, British Institute of the United States, Washington, 1985-1990. Visiting professor Tel Aviv (Israel) University, 1982. Adjunct professor history Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1986-1902.
Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar, 2004-2005.
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Consultant National Endowment of the Humanities, since 1982. Trustee Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger, Washington, 1985-1992, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/Faulkner Foundation, 1990-1995. Vice president National Humanities Alliance, 1992-1995, president, 1996-1900.
Overseer Hancock Shaker Village, 2004-2006, trustee, 2006-2008. Corporator Berkshire Museum, 2005^. Board directors Williamstown Art Conservation Center, since 2008.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Philosophical Society, American History Association, Indiana Research Library. Association (president 1994-1997), Renaissance Society of America, Medical Academy American, Century Association, Grolier Club, Phi Beta Kappa (senator 1994-2000, visiting scholar 2004-2005).
Married Karen Rosenwald, October 16, 1939. Children: Joshua, Benjamin.