| John Silber  AKA John Robert Silber
Born: 15-Aug-1926
Birthplace: San Antonio, TX
Died: 27-Sep-2012
Location of death: Boston, MA
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Educator Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President of Boston University, 1971-96 Father: Paul G. Silber (architect)
Mother: Jewell Joslin
Wife: Kathryn Underwood (m. 1947, d. 2005 six daughters, one son)
Daughter: Alexandra Silber Mock
Daughter: Caroline Lavender
Son: David (d. 2004)
Daughter: Judith Ballan
Daughter: Martha Hathaway
Daughter: Rachel Devlin
Daughter: Ruth Silber-Belmonte
University: Trinity University Texas (1947)
Theological: Yale Divinity School (one year)
University: University of Texas School of Law (one semester)
University: PhD Philosophy, Yale University
Teacher: Instructor in Philosophy, Yale University (1952-55)
Professor: University of Texas at Austin (1955-70)
Administrator: President, Boston University (1971-96)
Administrator: Chancellor, Boston University (1996-2003)
Administrator: Trustee, University of Denver (1985-89)
Administrator: Trustee, Adelphi University (1989-97)
Board of Education Massachusetts Board of Education (1996-)
Americans for Medical Progress Director (1992-), Chairman (1994-95)
Common Good Advisory Board
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Effective Government Committee
Friends for Harry Reid
John Kerry for President
United States Strategic Institute Vice Chairman
National Humanities Institute Board Member (1975-78)
New Leadership for America PAC
Fulbright 1959-60
Guggenheim Fellowship 1963
Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.
Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile
Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications
| 
