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Henry Franklin Graff (born August 11, 1921) is a noted historian who served on the faculty of Columbia University from 1946 to 1991, including a period as Chairman of the History Department. Graff specialized in the history of the Presidency of the United States and of American foreign relations. His pioneering “Seminar on the Presidency,” one of Columbia’s most popular courses, was attended by President Harry Truman in 1959 and President Gerald Ford in 1989. Graff has twice served as Chairman of the Pulitzer Prize jury in American history. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Graff to the National Historical Publications Commission and in 1993 President Bill Clinton appointed Graff to the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board. In 2005, Graff received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Columbia in recognition of his contributions to the field of American history, service to Presidents and to the University. ==Early life and education== Henry Franklin Graff was born in New York City on August 11, 1921. His father was Samuel F. Graff, a salesman in the garment district in New York City. His mother was Florence B. Morris. Both were natives of New York and of German-Jewish extraction. He had a twin sister, Myra Balber. Graff was educated in the public schools of New York City. He then attended City College of New York, where he received a B.S.S. degree, magna cum laude, in 1941, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1942, Graff received the M.A. degree from Columbia University, and in 1949 a Ph.D. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Graff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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