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14 Facts About Isaac Kramnick

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Isaac Kramnick was an American political theorist, historian of political thought, political scientist, and the Richard J Schwartz Professor of Government at Cornell University.

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Isaac Kramnick was a subject-matter expert on English and American political thought and history.

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Professor Isaac Kramnick's research was perhaps less data-oriented than directed toward a textual critique of the metaphysical, the product of extensive reading and writing.

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Isaac Kramnick was a native of Millis, Massachusetts, the son of Max and Sarah Shushulski Isaac Kramnick.

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Isaac Kramnick took his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from Harvard and studied at Cambridge University from 1959 to 1960.

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Isaac Kramnick taught at Harvard University, Brandeis University, and Yale University, and arrived at Cornell in 1972.

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Isaac Kramnick served as Chair of Cornell's Government Department.

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Isaac Kramnick was Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Faculty-elected Trustee.

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Professor Isaac Kramnick was Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Cornell from 2001 to 2005.

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Just after the turn of the century, Isaac Kramnick was responsible for the planning and coordinating academic programming for Cornell's North and West campuses.

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Isaac Kramnick was in charge of undergraduate research opportunities, student advising, and the art and practice of teaching.

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Professor Isaac Kramnick was a fellow of Britain's Royal Historical Society.

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Isaac Kramnick has served as President of the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies.

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Professor Isaac Kramnick was a member of Cornell's Sphinx Head Society.