Holocaust Survivor to Harvard Dean: Memoirs of a Refugee's Progress

Michael Shinagel's inspiring memoir, Holocaust Survivor to Harvard Dean, traces the highlights of his remarkable career from childhood in Vienna, Austria, to his family's terrifying exodus from Hitler's Europe (1938-1941), refugee life and public school education in New York City (1941-1951), a false start in agriculture at Cornell University (1951-1952), service with the US Army in Korea (1952-1954), college on the G. I. Bill at Oberlin (1954-1957), doctoral studies on a national fellowshi...