Everything about Abram L Sachar totally explained
Abram Leon Sachar (
1899 -
1993) was an
American historian and
university president.
Born in
New York City, his
immigrant family moved to
St. Louis,
Missouri in
1906 and (after a year at
Harvard) he earned his
AB and
AM at
Washington University.
He went to
England to do his research on the Victorian
House of Lords and gained his
PhD at
Cambridge University in
1923. He then taught history at the
University of Illinois from
1923 to
1948. He also was one of the organizers of the
B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation and helped establish Hillel Houses for Jewish students on the campuses of many American universities.
When the American
Jewish community decided to start a Jewish-sponsored, nonsectarian university, he was chosen as the first president of
Brandeis University, and during his tenure from
1948 to
1968 he effectively built it from the ground-up into a first-class, internationally recognized teaching and research institution, by exercising his abilities as an educator, visionary, and fundraiser.
On his
retirement he became
chancellor of Brandeis University. During his long career he served on numerous committees and boards, was the recipient of many honors, and published a number of books, including A
History of the Jews (1929; 5th edn 1965) and
The Course of Our Times (1972).
He was the
father of historian
Howard M. Sachar.
He once quoted: "The Arabs never fully understood how powerful a weapon desperation could be" referring to the birth of the state of Israel.
Works
- A History of the Jews. (1938; revised 1965)
- Sufferance is the Badge. (1939)
- The Course of Our Times. (1972)
- A Host at Last. (1979)
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