Michael Shinagel

Michael Shinagel was the dean of the Division of Continuing Education and University Extension at Harvard University, and the longest serving dean in Harvard's history.^[1]

Early life

He was a child in Vienna, Austria and his family had to escape Europe after the rise of Adolf Hitler and the start of World War II.^[2] As a refugee, he attended school in New York City and briefly attended Cornell University in 1951 and 1952, studying agriculture.^[2] He served with the US Army in Korea, and then completed his degree at Oberlin College on the G.I. Bill of Rights.^[2] He earned his doctorate at Harvard University on a national fellowship.^[2]

Career

After completing is doctorate in 1964, he began an academic career of teaching and administration at Cornell University from 1964 to 1967.^[2] He then moved on to Union College from 1967 to 1975.^[2]

Shinagel was the fifth dean of the Extension School, having been appointed in 1977 and serving until 2013.^[2] Prior to being named dean, he was the Director of Continuing Education and University Extension from 1975 to 1977.^[3] He was also formerly Master of Quincy House.^[4]

Books

He is the author of a history of the Harvard Extension School, The Gates Unbarred,^[3] and a memoir, Holocaust Survivor to Harvard Dean: Memoirs of a Refugee's Progress.^[2]

References

Works cited

• Shinagel, Michael (2010). The Gates Unbarred: A History of University Extension at Harvard, 1910 - 2009. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674051351. 

• Shinagel, Michael (July 7, 2016). Holocaust Survivor to Harvard Dean: Memoirs of a Refugee's Progress. Author Solutions Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-5245-0960-6. 

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