Kallich, Martin

1918 - 2006  (88 years)

• Name	Kallich, Martin  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	19 Jan 1918	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Mar 2006	De Kalb, De Kalb, Illinois, USA   [1, 4, 6]
  Person ID	I7879	Our Family
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024

  
  

  Family	Sclar, Harriett Rena,   b. 13 Jul 1923, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ,   d. 2 Feb 2021, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA  (Age 97 years)
  Married	11 Jul 1943	New York, New York, New York, USA   [3, 6, 7]
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024
  Family ID	F2459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Martin I. Kallich, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, 88, died Thursday, March 30, 2006, at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center in DeKalb, Ill., surrounded by his family. Born Jan. 19, 1918, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of Jacob and Luba (Katz) Kallich. He married Harriett Sclar on July 11, 1943, while on active service in the U.S. Army. Martin served in the anti-aircraft unit of the Coast Artillery from 1942 to 1944. Martin graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1938 with an award for academic excellence. He received a Ph.D. in English literature from the Johns Hopkins University in 1945. He was the author of 10 books and many scholarly articles. In 1979, he was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which he used to work at the British Library to complete a 1,500-page bibliography "British Poetry and the American Revolution," published in 1988 by Whitston Press. He was a member of the Modern Language Association and the American Society for 18th Century Studies. Martin taught at Johns Hopkins, Brooklyn College, Wayne State University and South Dakota State before coming to Northern Illinois University, where he taught graduate and undergraduate classes in English from 1958 until his retirement in 1979. In 1971, he started the English department's summer program at Oxford University. He helped with the growth of the rare books section at the NIU library. He was a kind and loving husband and father and a devoted scholar. He is survived by his wife, Harriett; two sons, Dr. John (Louise) Kallich of DeKalb and Dr. Joel (Susan) Kallich of West Hills, Calif.; and four grandchildren, Anne, Benjamin, Sandra and Mara. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Edward; and a nephew, Paul Kallich. Martin I. Kallich, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, 88, died Thursday, March 30, 2006, at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center in DeKalb, Ill., surrounded by his family. Born Jan. 19, 1918, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of Jacob and Luba (Katz) Kallich. He married Harriett Sclar on July 11, 1943, while on active service in the U.S. Army. Martin served in the anti-aircraft unit of the Coast Artillery from 1942 to 1944. Martin graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1938 with an award for academic excellence. He received a Ph.D. in English literature from the Johns Hopkins University in 1945. He was the author of 10 books and many scholarly articles. In 1979, he was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which he used to work at the British Library to complete a 1,500-page bibliography "British Poetry and the American Revolution," published in 1988 by Whitston Press. He was a member of the Modern Language Association and the American Society for 18th Century Studies. Martin taught at Johns Hopkins, Brooklyn College, Wayne State University and South Dakota State before coming to Northern Illinois University, where he taught graduate and undergraduate classes in English from 1958 until his retirement in 1979. In 1971, he started the English department's summer program at Oxford University. He helped with the growth of the rare books section at the NIU library. He was a kind and loving husband and father and a devoted scholar. He is survived by his wife, Harriett; two sons, Dr. John (Louise) Kallich of DeKalb and Dr. Joel (Susan) Kallich of West Hills, Calif.; and four grandchildren, Anne, Benjamin, Sandra and Mara. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Edward; and a nephew, Paul Kallich.

  
  

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