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 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 Revolt of the Elites (1994)

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