Stephan Thernstrom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American academic
Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1934
Place of Birth: Port Huron, Michigan, United States
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Stephan Thernstrom
- Stephan Thernstrom (born November 5, 1934) is the Winthrop Research Professor of History at Harvard University.
- and was the editor of the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. Thernstrom was born and raised in Port Huron, Michigan.
- His father was the son of a Swedish-born immigrant laborer.
- His family later moved to Battle Creek, Michigan.
- Thernstrom received his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and his Ph.D.
- from Harvard University. Thernstom held faculty appointments at Harvard University, Brandeis University and the University of California, Los Angeles.
- He returned to Harvard with an appointment as full professor in 1973.
- From 1978 to 1979 Thernstrom was Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of several books including Poverty and Progress: Social Mobility in the 19th Century.
- He also co-authored with his wife Abigail Thernstrom No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning.
- Their writings have been awarded the Bancroft Prize in American History, Waldo G.
- Leland Prize, R.R.
- Hawkins Award, 2004 Peter Shaw Memorial Award given by National Association of Scholars, and the Fordham Foundation Prize and 2997 Bradley Foundation prizes for Outstanding Intellectual Achievement. Thernstrom is a neoconservative thinker.
- He was raised in a strong liberal tradition, as was his wife, Abigail.
- They argue that the left, not they, changed.
- They reject the policies of race preferences and argue that such policies mainly lead to higher dropout rates among African Americans in colleges. Thernstrom married Abigail in 1958.
- They have two children, one of whom is Melanie Thernstrom.
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