John bodnar biography

PERSONAL: Born May 19, 1944, in Victoria, TX; son of John A. and Mary T. (Dempsey) Bodnar; married Donna Chellino, 1968; children: Eric, Brenna.

Education:John Carroll University, B.A., 1966, M.A., 1968; University of Connecticut, Ph.D., 1975.

ADDRESSES: Office—Department of History, Ballantyne Hall 742, Indiana University—Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47405.

CAREER: Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission, Harrisburg, chief historian, 1971–81; Indiana University—Bloomington, professor of history, 1981–2000, Chancellor's Professor of History, 2000–, codirector, Center for the Study of History and Memory, 1981–, chair of department of history, 1997–.

Adjunct professor of American studies at Pennsylvania State University, 1974–80.

MEMBER: Organization of American Historians, American Historical Association, Immigration Historical Society.

AWARDS, HONORS: Grants from Rockefeller Foundation, 1975, American Council of Learned Societies, 1976