1. David Nasaw was born on July 18,1945 and is an American author, biographer and historian who specializes in the cultural, social and business history of early 20th Century America.
12 Facts About David Nasaw
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David Nasaw is cited extensively in the US and British media as an expert on the history of popular entertainment and the news media, and as a critic of American philanthropy.
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David George Nasaw was born on July 18,1945, in Cortland, New York, the oldest son of lawyer Joshua Nasaw and Beatrice Kaplan, an elementary school teacher.
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David Nasaw grew up in Roslyn, New York, and, after a year studying in Denmark as an exchange student, graduated from Roslyn High School in 1963.
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David Nasaw graduated from Bucknell University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1967, before enrolling in Columbia University, where he was awarded a Ph.
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David Nasaw began teaching history at the College of Staten Island in 1978.
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David Nasaw has been on the doctoral faculty of the City University of New York's Graduate Center since 1990, where he served as chairman.
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David Nasaw was director of the CUNY Graduate Center's Center for the Humanities, and the chairman of the advisory board of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the university.
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Since June 10,1978, David Nasaw has been married to Dinitia Smith, a novelist, Emmy award-winning filmmaker, and journalist, who worked as a correspondent for The New York Times for 12 years.
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David Nasaw "raises fundamental questions about the web of connections joining commercial play, public space and cultural cohesion," he wrote.
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David Nasaw's 2006 biography of the American steel mogul, was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for biography.
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David Nasaw told the family that as an academic historian, he had no interest in writing an "authorized biography".