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John Morton Blum
John Morton Blum (; April 29, 1921 in New York City – October 17, 2011 in North Branford, Connecticut) was an American historian, active from 1948 to 1991. He was a specialist in 20th-century American political history, and was a senior advisor to Yale officials.
Life and career.
Blum was born in New York City, the son of Edna (LeVino) and Morton Gustave Blum, a businessman and inventor. His family was Jewish. He was raised in a
well as Professor Laura Kalman (University of California, Santa Barbara), Steve Gillon, resident historian of the History Channel, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, and Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman.
Blum was one of the "Big Three" in Yale's History Department along with C. Vann Woodward and Edmund Morgan, and served as chairman of the History Department in the late 1960s.
After his death, the John Morton Blum Fellowship in American History and Culture was established at Yale.
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