Biography
Ausubel was born in Leżajsk, Galicia, the sixth of eight children, and immigrated with his family to Brooklyn, New York City in 1902, where he later attended Columbia University. Ausubel enlisted in the Jewish Legion's 39th Battalion during World War I and fought in the Jordan Valley.
He was married to Marynn Ausubel (1913–1980) and had one daughter, Ethel Frimmet. His brother, Dr. Herman Ausubel, was a professor of Victorian history at Columbia, and his nephew David P. Ausubel was a noted professor, educator, ethnographer, and a pioneer in cognitive educational psychology.
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