Milton M. Klein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Milton M. Klein

American historian

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1917

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 10-Jun-2004

Profession: teacher, historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Milton M. Klein

  • Milton Martin Klein (15 August 1917 – 10 June 2004) was an American historian. He was born in New York City on 15 August 1917 to Margaret and Edward Klein.
  • Milton Klein earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the City College of New York.
  • While studying for his master's in education, Klein taught high school history.
  • His career as a schoolteacher was broken up by World War II, during which he served with the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1946.
  • After the war, Klein remained a member of the Air Force Reserve, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1977.
  • Klein continued teaching at the high school level as he worked toward a doctorate from Columbia University.
  • He earned the degree in 1954, and remained in secondary education until 1957.
  • He served as lecturer at Colombia between 1954 and 1958, when he joined the faculty of Long Island University.
  • Klein was subsequently named dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Long Island in 1962.
  • Klein left for a deanship of graduate studies and research at Fredonia College in 1966, then moved to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1969.
  • He was named Alumni Distinguished Service Professor in 1977, and the first Lindsay Young Professor of History in 1980.
  • After retirement from the faculty in 1985, Klein became university historian in 1988.
  • The University of Tennessee holds an annual lecture series named for Klein.Klein married Margaret Gordon on 25 August 1963, with whom he had two children, Edward and Peter.
  • Klein died of cancer at St.
  • Mary's Residential Hospice in Halls, Tennessee, on 10 June 2004.

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