Jack Fischel
American historian (born 1937)
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Jack R. Fischel (born 1937) is an American academic. Fischel was a professor of history at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, where he lectured for 37 years.
Education and career
Fischel was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1937.[1] After "seven years of night classes",[2] he graduated from Hunter College with a B.A. in 1955. In 1965 he earned a master's degree from the University of Delaware and in the same year began teaching at Millersville University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware in 1973.[1] He became chair of the history department at Millersville in 1985, and remained chair until retiring in 2003.[2][3]
