Born: 1-Jun-1932
Birthplace: Omaha, NE
Died: 14-Feb-1994
Location of death: Pittsford, NY
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Culture of Narcissism

Father: Robert Lasch (b. 1907, Omaha NE, Rhodes Scholar)
Mother: Zora Schaupp Lasch (b. 1898, Lincoln NE, d. 1982)
Wife: Nell Commager (m. Jun-1956, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Robert Evans (b. Jan-1958)
Daughter: Elizabeth Dan (b. Sep-1959)
Son: Christopher Nelson (b. Apr-1965)

    High School: Barrington High School, Barrington, IL (1950)
    University: AB History, Harvard University (1954, summa cum laude)
    University: MA History, Harvard University (1955)
    University: PhD History, Harvard University (1961)
    Teacher: Instructor of History, William College (1956-69)
    Professor: History, Roosevelt University (1960-61)
    Professor: History, University of Iowa (1961-66)
    Professor: History, Northwestern University (1966-)

    Pulitzer Prize 1966 for reporting in Vietnam

Author of books:
The New Radicalism in America (1965)
The Social Thought of Jane Addams (1965)
The Agony of the American Left (1969)
The American Liberals and the Russian Revolution (1972)
The World of Nations (1973)
Haven in a Heartless World (1977)
The Culture of Narcissism (1979)
The Minimal Self (1984)
The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics (1991)
The Revolt of the Elites (1994)

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