Biography:

Historian; college professor. Born– May 26, 1933, Greensboro, N.C. Parents– Benjamin and Florence (Hirsh) Marks. Married– Marsha Kass, June 8, 1965. Children– One. Education– B.A., University of Miami (Florida), 1955; M.A., University of Alabama, 1956; postgraduate work, University of Alabama, 1960-1964. Employed as teacher, University of Miami, Jacksonville State University, University of Alabama, Florida State University, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama A & M University.  Contributed articles to professional journals and reference books. Member– President, Southern Region Popular Culture Association of the South; Florida, Alabama, Southern and American History Associations, Organization of American Historians, Hakluyt Society and American Society of Public Administration. Died April 25, 2005.

Source:

Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1980, and Alabama’s Distinguished; obituary, Alabama Jewish Times, July 7, 2005.

Publication(s):

The Failure of the United States to Maintain the Independence of Korea and the Effect of the Failure Upon the Koreans. Florence, Ala.; Florence State College, 1962.

Sketches of the Tennessee Valley in Antebellum Days; People, Places, Things. Huntsville, Ala.; Southern Press, 1976.

Who Was Who in Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1972.

Who Was Who in Florida. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1973.

Joint_Publication(s):

Alabama Past Leaders.  Huntsville: Strode, 1982.

Rivers of Florida. Atlanta; Southern Press, 1974.