OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.

BORN:
October 15, 1917, 
Columbus, Ohio

DIED:
February 28, 2007 (age 89)
New York, New York

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (AB, 1938)
Cambridge University, England (postgraduate fellowship, 1938-1939)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1939-1942:
Member, Harvard Society of Fellows
1942-1943:
Office of War Information
1943-1945:
Office of Strategic Services
1945:
U.S. Army
1946-1954:
Associate Professor, Harvard University
1951:
Consultant to the Economic Cooperation Administration
1951-1952:
Consultant to the Mutual Security Administration 
1954-1961:
Professor, Harvard University
1952, 1956:
Member of Adlai Stevenson’s Campaign Staff
1960:
Speechwriter for John Kennedy’s Presidential Campaign
1961-1964:
Special Assistant to the President
1966:
Visiting Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton University
1966-1994:
Professor, City University of New York 

PORTRAIT:

RESOURCES: 

BIOGRAPHIES:
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
JFK Library

OBITUARIES (3/1/2007):
New York Times