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Stanley N. Katz serves as Lecturer with rank of Professor at Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs and is President Emeritus of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). He currently chairs the ACLS/Social Science Research Council Working Group on Cuba and contributes to higher education discourse through the Chronicle of Higher Education and co-founding the history of philanthropy blog histphil.org.
His academic credentials include:
- B.A. magna cum laude in English History and Literature, Harvard University (1955)
- Ph.D. in British and American History, Harvard University (1961)
- Attended Harvard Law School (1969-70)
Katz specializes in American legal and constitutional history, with deep research into philanthropy's evolution and non-profit institutions' societal roles. His work examines civil society's interplay with constitutional democracy and U.S. engagement in international human rights frameworks. As Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History and Editor Emeritus of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the U.S. Supreme Court, he bridges historical scholarship with contemporary policy analysis.
His distinguished honors include:
- National Humanities Medal awarded by President Obama (2011)
- Phi Beta Kappa Fellows Award (2010)
- Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellowship in the American Society for Legal History
- Corresponding Membership in the Massachusetts Historical Society
Katz has held leadership roles including President of the Organization of American Historians and the American Society for Legal History, with board service at the Newberry Library and Center for Jewish History. No advising or grant details are publicly documented in the source material.
