Robert Parmet | |
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Born | Robert David Parmet December 11, 1938 New York City, New York, United States |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation | Professor |
Years active | 1961–present |
Employer | York College, City University of New York |
Spouse | Joan Levy (m. 1963) |
Children | 1 |
Relatives | Herbert Parmet (brother) |
Robert David Parmet (Stylized as Robert D. Parmet; born December 11, 1938) [1] is an American writer and teacher. He is a professor of history at York College, City University of New York. [2]
Parmet taught at Kean University up until 1967 in the Social Science Department, [3] and is currently employed at CUNY York and has worked there since its opening in 1967. [4] He has written 7 books on American social history from 1961 to 2012. Additionally he has written for many papers such as the History News Network, [5] United Press International, [6] and International Labor and Working-Class History under the Cambridge University Press. [7]
He has written extensively about labor and unions in 20th-century America, including those of women, [8] immigrants, [9] and of David Dubinsky. [10] In 1968, he received a $2,000 grant ($18,234.20 USD in 2024) to write a biography on American senator Chauncey Depew. [11] It was published in 1970. [12]
Parmet was born in New York City in 1938. He is the son of Isaac Parmet and Fannie (née Scharf) [13] and is the brother of American historian Herbert Parmet. [14]
He attended Graduate School at Columbia University while teaching at the City College of New York. [6] He was married to Joan Levy on June 8, 1963. [15] She received her Masters in History from Columbia University in 1965. [16] They have a son, Andrew. [17]
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Parmet, Robert D. "The Presidential Fever of Chauncey Depew. New-York Historical Society Quarterly 54 (July 1970): 269-90.