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Victor R. Greene

Historian, educator

Born Nov. 15, 1933, Newark (NJ), U.S.; married Laura (Offenhartz); children: Jessica, Goeffrey.

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), 1955; Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Rochester (NY), 1960; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1963.

Career: prof., Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1963-71, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, 1971 -.

Author: Slavic Community on Strike, 1968; For God and Country, 1975; Immigrant Leaders, 1987; A Passion for Polka, 1992.

Member of: Polish American Historical Association (P.A.H.A.); Polish Studies Committee, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Honors: doctoral dissertation award, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1965; Fulbright scholarship to Germany, 1980-81, to United Kingdom, 1990-91; research awards, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1977, 1987.

Languages: English, Polish.

Office: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, History Department, Milwaukee, WI 53201.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996

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