Matthew Lipman

Academic timeline

• Undergraduate study at Stanford University, California; Shrivenham American University, England; School of General Studies, Columbia University, New York.
• 1948 – B.S., Columbia University, General Studies.
• 1953 – Instructor in Philosophy, Brooklyn College, Spring.
• Graduate study at Columbia University; Sorbonne, Paris; University of Vienna, Austria.
• 1953 – Ph.D., Columbia University.
• 1953 to 1975 – Adjunct Assistant and Associate Professor, School of General Studies, Columbia University.
• 1954 to 1972 – Assistant, Associate and Professor of Philosophy, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Columbia University,.
• 1954 to 1962 – Lecturer in Philosophy and Contemporary Civilization, Columbia College, Columbia University.
• 1955 to 1963 – Lecturer in Contemporary Civilization, Mannes College of Music, New York City.
• 1960 to 1972 – Chairman, Philosophy Department, Evening Division, Baruch School, City College of New York.
• 1961 to 1963 – Lecturer in Contemporary Civilization, College of Engineering, Columbia University.
• 1962 to 1972 – Chairman, Department of General Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Columbia University.
• 1963 to 1964 – Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Sarah Lawrence College.
• 1972 to 2001 – Professor of Philosophy, Montclair State College / University.
• 1974 to 2001 – Director, Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, Montclair State College / University.