Biography
Born in New York City, Rosenberg graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1956. He received both his Master's degree (1957) and Ph.D.(1961) from Columbia University. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1963 until 2001. In that year, he moved to Harvard University. He served as acting chair of Harvard’s History of Science department in 2003-2004. He is married to Drew Gilpin Faust, president of Harvard University.
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