Herbert s klein biography of michael

Professor of History (Teaching) and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution

Bio

I was born in New York City in the borough of the Bronx on January 6, 1936.

I attended public schools in Far Rockaway Queens. After graduating Far Rockaway High School, I first attended Syracuse University from 1953 to 1955 and then transferred to the University of Chicago, where I obtained a BA in history in 1957, an MA in 1959 and a PhD in 1963 with a major in history and a minor in anthropology.

I taught Latin American history at the University of Chicago from 1962 to 1969, rising from lecturer to the rank of associate professor with tenure.

Herbert s klein biography of michael jackson

I then taught at Columbia University from 1969 to 2005, being named the Gouverneur Morris Professor of History in 2003. I retired from Columbia in 2005 and was named professor of history and director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University from 2005 to 2011.

After my retirement as director, I was nam