Community of Scholars Profile

Woolf, Harry

Information in this profile has been submitted by the individual or is based on Institute records, including the publication A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study 1930-1980.

Data from Institute records

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Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[D]DO9/1/19766/30/1987

Year of Death: 2003

Past and Other Appointments

AppointmentOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
Willis K. Shepard Professor of the History of Science (1961-1976); Chairman/History of Science Department (1961-1972); Provost (1972-1976)Johns Hopkins University19611976
Assistant Professor of History (1955-1958); Associate Professor of History (1958-1959; Professor of the History of Science (1959-1961)University of Washington19551961
Instructor of HistoryBrandeis University19541955

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1955Cornell University
M.A.1949University of Chicago
B.Sc.1948University of Chicago

Honors

DescriptionYear
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences1983-2003
Member, American Philosophical Society1977-2003
Honorary degrees from Whitman College, American University, Johns Hopkins University, and St. Lawrence University