Fuchs, Lawrence H

LC control no.	n 80013267
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Fuchs, Lawrence H. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1927-01-29
Death date	2013-03-17
Place of birth	New York (N.Y.)
Place of death	Canton (Mass.)
Field of activity	United States--Race relations United States--Ethnic relations Emigration and immigration--United States United States--Study and teaching
Affiliation	Brandeis University Peace Corps/Philippines United States. Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy
Profession or occupation	College teachers College administrators Public officers
Found in	His The political behavior of American Jews, 1956. His The American kaleidoscope, c1990: CIP t.p. (Lawrence H. Fuchs) data sheet (b. 1927) galley (prof. of Amer. civilization & politics at Brandeis Univ.) OCLC, Oct. 17, 2013 (access point: Fuchs, Lawrence H.; Fuchs, Lawrence H., 1927- ; Fuchs, Lawrence Howard; usage: Lawrence H. Fuchs; Lawrence Fuchs) Wikipedia, Oct. 17, 2013 (Lawrence Fuchs, Lawrence H. Fuchs; b. Jan. 29, 1927, New York City, N.Y., d. Mar. 17, 2013, Canton, Mass.; Ph.D.--Harvard, 1955; scholar of American studies and an expert on immigration policy; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a medic; first Peace Corps director in the Philippines, 1961-1963, later founded the Commonwealth Service Corps in Massachusetts; founded the American Studies Dept. at Brandeis University in 1970; Executive Director of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy in Carter administration; his efforts led to signing and passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, and later the Immigration Act of 1990)
Associated language	eng