Harold B. Segel

Harold B. Segel is a native of Boston. He graduated from Boston College with a degree in modern languages and Harvard University with a Ph. D. in Slavic languages and literatures. He began his teaching career at the University of Florida in Gainesville and in 1959 he joined the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Columbia University. At Columbia, he held appointments in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of the Arts, the School of International and Public Affairs...See more

Harold B. Segel is a native of Boston. He graduated from Boston College with a degree in modern languages and Harvard University with a Ph. D. in Slavic languages and literatures. He began his teaching career at the University of Florida in Gainesville and in 1959 he joined the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Columbia University. At Columbia, he held appointments in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of the Arts, the School of International and Public Affairs, and the School of General Studies. Professor Segel has also held visiting professorships at Indiana University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Stockholm University in Sweden and is the author of more than a dozen books. A recipient of numerous fellowships, grants, and awards, he was twice decorated in 1975 by the Polish government for contributions on behalf of Polish culture, first at the Ministry of Culture in Warsaw and again at the Polish Consulate in New York. . See less