Melvyn leffler biography

PERSONAL:

Born May 31, 1945, in Brooklyn, NY; son of Louis (in business) and Mollie Leffler; married Phyllis Koran (a historian), September 1, 1968; children: Sarah Ann.

Education:Cornell University, B.S., 1966; Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1972.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Charlottesville, VA. Office—Department of History, Vanderbilt University, Box 6130-B, Nashville, TN 37235.

[email protected].

CAREER:

Writer, historian, and educator. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, assistant professor, 1972-77, associate professor of history, 1977-2002; Oxford University, Harmsworth Professor, 2002-03; University of Virginia, Edward R.

Stettinius Professor of American History; served as chair of the department of history and dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

MEMBER:

American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, Society for the History of American Foreign Relations,