Past Visitor

Arthur M. Schlesinger

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Dates at IAS

Visitor
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Harvard Univ
A.B.
1938

Honors

1974
Eugene V. Debs Award in the Field of Education
1973
Ohio Governor's Award for History
1973
Sidney Hillman Foundation Award
1967
Gold Medal National Institute of Arts and Letters
1966
Pulitzer Prize for Biography
1966
National Book Award
1958
Bancroft Prize
1957
Francis Parkman Prize
1950
Honorary Degrees Muhlenberg College
1946
Pulitzer Prize for History
1946
Guggenheim Fellow
1946
Americn Academy of Arts and Letters grant

Appointments

OWI, 1942-43
OSS, 1943-45
Consultant, ECA, 1948
MSA, 1951-52
Spec Asst to Pres Kennedy, 1961-63
Adv Bd, Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on Hist of Women in Amer
Bd of Dirs, Harry S. Truman Library Institute
Bd Trustees, John F. Kennedy Ctr for Perfg Arts (1967-1976)
Bd Dirs, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library
Bd Trustees, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Bd Trustees, Amer Natl Theatre and Acad
Bd Trustees, Recorded Anthology of Amer Music
Bd Trustees, Twentieth Century Fund
Bd Dirs, Ralph Bunche Inst