Michael Rywkin
Political affairs scholar, author
Born Nov. 23, 1925, Wilno, Poland; came to U.S., 1953; son of Salomon and Marie (Resnikov); married Christine (de Lailhacar - Gerspach); children: Richard, Monique, Robert.
Education: certificate, Uzbek State University, Samarkand (Uzbekistan), 1947; University of Lodz (Poland), 1946-48; diploma, Ecole de Hautes Etudes Sociales, Paris (France), 1951; Master of Arts (M.A.), City College of New York (CCNY), 1955, Ph.D., Columbia University, 1960, New York City.
Career: special lecturer, Columbia University, 1956-58; lecturer, New York University (NYU), 1958-59, Colgate University, Hamilton (NY), 1959-60; assistant prof., New York University (NYU), 1960-62; research fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), 1962-63; assistant prof. to prof., City College of New York (CCNY), 1963-92; president, Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York City, 1984 -.
Author: Russia in Central Asia, 1963; Moscow, Muslim Challenge, 1985; Soviet Society Today, 1989, Moscow, Last Empire, 1994; editor, Russian Colonial Expansion; over 30 scientific articles in professional journals.
Member of: lecturer, Eastern Summer School, Warsaw University (Poland), 1993; American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS).
Honors: Chevalier des Palmes Academiques, French Ministry of Culture.
Affiliation: Republican. Jewish.
Languages: Polish, Russian, French, English.
Hobbies: travel, chess.
Office: Russian Area Studies, City College of New York, Convent Avenue at 138th Street, New York, NY 10031.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.