15 Facts About Howard Selsam

Howard Brillinger Selsam was born on 28 June 1903 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Howard Selsam's parents were John T Selsam, a grocer, and his mother was Flora Emig Selsam.

Later, Howard Selsam did graduate work in philosophy at Columbia University.

In 1931, after receiving his PhD, Howard Selsam served as an instructor and later as an assistant professor at Brooklyn College, where he worked for 10 years.

That Howard Selsam refused to testify at the hearings and faced contempt charges likely made his resignation unavoidable.

Circa 1941, Howard Selsam was one of the founders of the School for Democracy, an educational facility located at 13 Astor Place in New York and associated with the Communist Party USA.

Under Howard Selsam's leadership, there was a steady flow of students at the Jefferson School.

In early December 1947 when news that the Jefferson School of Social Science had appeared on the Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations, Howard Selsam told the New York Times:.

For example, Howard Selsam, represented by Joseph Forer, testified before the US Senate's Internal Security Subcommittee on 8 April 1953, and, during Howard Selsam's testimony, he often invoked the Fifth Amendment.

Howard Selsam and other school administrators denied that the school was a Communist front and fought against having it so officially labeled.

Howard Selsam wrote a number of books on Marxist topics for International Publishers.

Besides writing books, Howard Selsam wrote articles and reviews for periodicals, including The New Masses, and Marxism Today.

Howard Selsam worked closely and collaborated with his wife Millicent Selsam, a botanist and high school teacher who was well known as an author of science books for young people.

Howard Selsam married Millicent Howard Selsam, a botanist and high school teacher.

Howard Selsam was survived by his wife, Millicent Selsam, a son, Robert, and his sister Mrs Esther Garman.