Selig Adler

1909 - 1984  (75 years)

• Name	Selig Adler
  Birth	22 Jan 1909	Baltimore, BALTIMORE, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Nov 1984	Buffalo, ERIE, New York
  Person ID	I291	Krause
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph G. Adler,   b. ca. 1874, GERMANY
  Mother	Della Rubenstein,   b. ca. 1876, New York
  Documents		Federal Census 1930, Della Adler family 436 Bird Avenue, Buffalo, New York
  Family ID	F583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet M. Sukernek,   b. 5 Dec 1912, New York d. Nov 1989, Buffalo, Erie, New York (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1936	Buffalo, ERIE, New York
  Children	1. Ellen Adler,   b. 25 Dec 1939, Buffalo, ERIE, New York d. 9 Jul 2006, Atlanta, DEKALB, Georgia (Age 66 years)   2. Living
  Documents		Marriage Index of Selig Adler and Janet Sukernek
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2020

  
  

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  Chronology 1909 Born January 22 in Baltimore, Maryland 1927 Graduated from Utrecht High School, Brooklyn, New York 1928 Entered College of Arts and Sciences, University of Buffalo 1931 B.A., summa cum laude, University of Buffalo 1932 M.A., University of Illinois 1934 Ph.D., University of Illinois 1934-1937 High School teacher, Buffalo (Grover Cleveland and Kensington) 1936 Married Janet Sukernek next hit 1938-1947 Part-time instructor, University of Buffalo summer programs 1943-1944 Taught civilians and Air Force cadets at University of Buffalo 1947 Assistant Professor of History, University of Buffalo 1950 Associate Professor of History, University of Buffalo 1952 Full Professor of History, University of Buffalo 1952-1953 Visiting professor, University of Rochester 1952-1979 Appointed by Governor Dewey to Kosher Law Advisory Board 1957 Published The Isolationist Impulse: It's Twentieth-Century Reaction 1957-1963 Director, Master of Science in Social Studies program 1958-1980 Samuel P. Capen Professor of American History 1960 Published (with Thomas E. Connolly), From Ararat to Suburbia: A History of the Jewish Community of Buffalo 1961-1965 Chairman, Educational Policy and Planning Committee of Faculty Senate 1961-1965 Executive Committee, Arts and Sciences College 1961-1965 Vice President, University Senate 1962 Chairman, Faculty Committee on merger with State University of New York 1963 Chairman, Faculty Conference on merger with State University of New York circa 1962-1969 State University of New York Faculty Senate and Faculty Senate Executive Committee 1965 The Uncertain Giant, 1921-1941: American Foreign Policy Between the Wars 1966 Chairman, History Department 1966- Chairman, State Education Department College Proficiency Examination in American History Committee circa 1968-1969 Visiting professor at Cornell 1974 State University of New York Faculty Exchange Scholar 1975 Distinguished Service professor 1980 Retired from University of Buffalo 1980- Archivist, Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo ?-1984 Archivist, Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo at State University College at Buffalo June 1984 Archives dedicated as Selig Adler Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo 1984 Died, November 8, Buffalo