User:Arnold Reisman

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Author of TURKEY'S MODERNIZATION: Refugees from Nazism and Ataturk's Visionhttp://www.newacademia.com/turkeys_modernization/

Other History books published by Reisman are;

SHOAH: Turkey, The US and the UK (Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishing. 2009) Post-Ottoman Turkey: Classical Music and Opera. (Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishing. 2009) Refugees and reform: Turkey’s republican journey (Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishing. 2009) Arts in Turkey: How ancient became contemporary (Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishing. 2009) The Transformation of Istanbul: Art galleries reviving decaying spaces. (Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishing. 2010) Ambassador and a Mentsch: The story of a Turkish Diplomat in Vichy France ( Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Publishing. 2010)

Arnold Reisman was born in Lodz, Poland in 1934 and immigrated to the US in June of 1946. He received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in engineering from UCLA. He is a registered Professional Engineer in California, Wisconsin, and Ohio, and has published over 200 papers in refereed professional journals, along with 14 books. After 27 years as Professor of Operations Research at Case Western Reserve University, Reisman chose early retirement in 1994. During 1999-2003, he was an invited Visiting Scholar in Turkey at both Sabanci University, and the Istanbul Technical University. His current research interests are technology transfer, meta research, and most recently, the history of German-speaking exiled professors starting in1933 and their impact on science in general and Turkish universities in particular. In this regard Reisman is also researching Albert Einstein’s role in saving Nazi persecuted intellectuals and the rise and fall (in stature) of universities in selected countries. Reisman is still actively pursuing his lifelong interest in sculpting. He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, American Men and Women of Science, and Two Thousand Notable Americans, and he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Reisman’s most recent book is: TURKEY'S MODERNIZATION: Refugees from Nazism and Atatürk’s Vision. It has received many outstanding pre and post publication reviews as can be seen among other outlets from. http://www.newacademia.com/#awards

http://www.writersandreadersnetwork.com/html/turkeysmnew_releases.html

http://tcm-ca.com/reviews/1283.html Canadian website

http://www.armchairinterviews.com/reviews/categories/nonfiction/turkeys_modernization.php

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:J1kUgN_Ml4cJ:www.midwestbookreview.com/sbw/dec_06.htm+arnold+reisman+turkey&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=34

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v446/n7135/index.html#ba

http://oe1.orf.at/highlights/69231.html In German, Austrian National Radio

http://www.historia-actual.com/hao/pbhaoabs.asp?idi=ESP&pgt=2&pid=4&pbl=HAO&vol=1&iss=10&cont=30 Spanish Asociación de Historia Actual website, In English

http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=arnold+reisman+turkey&ei=UTF-8&fr=ybr_sbc&u=www.readerscircle.org/authors.history.html&w=arnold+reisman+turkey&d=IyYLNhIeOQ-c&icp=1&.intl=us

About 8 customer reviews are shown on http://www.amazon.com/Turkeys-Modernization-Refugees-Nazism-Ataturks/dp/0977790886

Most interestingly the book was the reason for the following honor:

How my writing of this book came about is discussed on:

http://hnn.us/articles/29114.html

RECENT TURKEY RELEVANT JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Reisman A. (2005), “Comparative Technology Transfer: A tale of development in two neighboring countries, Israel and Turkey.” Comparative Technology Transfer and Society, 3 (3) December Issue. Pgs. 303-350, Johns Hopkins University Press. 2. Reisman A. (2006) “Why has Turkey spawned so few high-tech startup firms? Or, why is Turkey so dependent on technologic innovations created outside its borders?” Insight Turkey, 8 (2) 133-148. Published by the Ankara Center for Turkish Policy Studies (ANKAM) 3. Reisman, A. (2006) “How a Professor Trained as an Engineer Came to Write a History of Holocaust Survivors Who Found Refuge in Turkey.” History News Network, 9-18-06 http://hnn.us/articles/29114.html. Wake Forest University. 4. Reisman, A. (2007) “He Replaced Ottoman Theology with Modern Philosophy in Turkey: Hans Reichenbach in Exile from Nazi Rule 1933-1938.” Epistemologia: Italian Journal for the Philosophy of Science 30(1) (2007) June; pgs 77-100 5. Reisman, A. (2007) “Jewish Refugees from Nazism, Albert Einstein, and the Modernization of Higher Education in Turkey (1933-1945).” Aleph: Historical Studies in Science & Judaism, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and University of Indiana Press, No. 7, Pages 253-281. http://inscribe.iupress.org/doi/abs/10.2979/ALE.2007.-.7. pgs 253-281 Reisman, A. (2006) 6. “What a Freshly Discovered Einstein Letter Says About Turkey Today,” History News Network, 11-20-06, http://hnn.us/articles/31946.html Wake Forest University. Also http://www.turkishdigest.com/2006/11/what-freshly-discovered-einstein.html Also appearing on http://www.turkishdigest.com/2006/11/what-freshly-discovered-einstein.html 7. Namal, A. and Reisman, A. , “Paul Pulewka Founder of Turkey’s Pharmacology While in Exile from the Nazis: 1935-1955” Journal of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine (ISHIM)Vol. 5, No: 10, 2006. pp 21-29 9. Reisman, A. (2007) “Harvard: Albert Einstein’s Disappointment.” History News Network. 01-22-07 http://hnn.us/articles/32682.html, Wake Forest University. 10. Reisman, A. (2007) “Exiled in Turkey from Nazi Rule, Eminent Biochemist Felix Haurowitz Became Indiana’s Adopted Son.” AmeriQuest: The Journal of the Center for the Americas. Volume 4, Number 1. p1-26 Vanderbilt University http://ejournals.library.vanderbilt.edu/ameriquests/viewarticle.php?id=103&layout=abstract 11. Reisman, A. “German Jewish Intellectuals’ Diaspora in Turkey: (1933-1955).” The Historian. Published on behalf of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Volume 69 issue 3 Page 450-478, Fall 2007 12. Reisman A. “Public Health Dentistry Pioneer: Alfred Kantorowicz in Exile from Nazi Rule.” Journal of the History of Dentistry, 2007, Spring;55(1):6-16. 13. Reisman, A. (2007) “Internment of Germans in Turkey in the Waning Months of WWII: Oral Histories.” Invited by Turkish Armenians on April 11. http://armenians-1915.blogspot.com. 15. Also invited by Sbornik – A Russian Turkic Studies e-journal. September issue. pp 58- 63 http://ejournals.pp.net.ua/_ld/0/64_turk_stud_ii.pdf . 16. Reisman, A. and Capar I. “The German Jewish Diaspora in Turkey: Exiles from Nazism as Architects of Modern Turkish Education (1933-1945).” Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: An International Journal, The Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University and Faculty of Education and Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice, University of Manitoba, Vol 1, Number 3, 2007 pp 175-198 17. Reisman. A. (2007) “The Story Behind the Story of TURKEY'S MODERNIZATION: Refugees from Nazism and Atatürk’s Vision.” Voronezh, (Russia) On-line Journal of Turkic Studies 18. Reisman, A. “Modernization of Turkey’s Architecture and Radiology by Austrian Refugees: 1933-1945” MODERN AUSTRIAN LITERATURE. (MAL) Journal of the Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association. Vol. 41, No 2, 2008, pp 57-79. 19. Andic, F and Reisman, A. (2007) “Migration and transfer of knowledge: Refugees from nazism and Turkish legal reform.” Forum historiae iuris. http://www.forhistiur.de/zitat/0707andic_reisman.htm Also http://www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/online/fhi/articles/pdf-files/0707andic_reisman.pdf 20. For an abridged version thereof see: http://www.turkishembassy.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=675 21. Reisman A. (2007) “A Brilliant Mathematician, a Woman of Strength, Tenacity, and Dignity: Hilda Geirnger” Women and the Holocaust, www.womenandtheholocaust.com http://www.theverylongview.com/WATH/essays/geiringer.htm 22. Namal, A. and Reisman, A. “Friedrich Dessauer Transferred Leading-Edge Western Radiology Knowhow to the Young Turkish Republic While A Refugee from Nazism” EASST Review, (European Association for the Study of Science and Technology) Volume 26(2) October 2007. http://www.easst.net/review/sept2007/namal 23. Reisman, A. “Intellectuals Saved from Nazism by Turkey: The Czech Connection” Invited by Dejiny ved a techniky. (History of Sciences and Technology) Journal of the Society for the History of Sciences and Technology, Prague 2007; (3) pp151-174 24. Reisman, A. (2007) “Hilda Geiringer: A Pioneer of Applied Mathematics and a Woman Ahead of Her Time Was Saved from Fascism by Turkey” Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal. Vol.4, No. 2, Fall 2007, pgs 1-19. http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/wjudaism/issue/current 25. Namal, A. and Reisman, A. "JOSEPH IGERSHEIMER (1879-1965) A visionary ophthalmologist and his contributions before and after exile" Journal of Medical Biography, The Royal Society of Medicine Press. Volume 15 November (2007) pgs 227-234 http://jmb.rsmjournals.com/cgi/reprint/15/4/227 26. Akar N.. Oral, A. and Reisman, A. “Modernizer of Turkey’s Pediatrics: Albert Eckstein in exile.” Journal of Medical Biography, The Royal Society of Medicine Press. Volume 15 November (2007) pgs 213-218 http://jmb.rsmjournals.com/cgi/reprint/15/4/213 27. Reisman, A. “A Tribute to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and to one of his many visions.” The Voice of Ataturk: Official Publication of the Ataturk Society of America.Winter 2008, pp18-19 and 22. 28. Reisman, A (2008), Operatically challenged cultures and Carl Ebert: A historical review. Vocal Images http://vocalimages.com/?page_id=402

29. Reisman, A. “They Helped Modernize Turkey’s Medical Education and Practice: Refugees from Nazism 1933-1945.” Gesnerus: The official journal of the Swiss Society for the History of Medicine and Natural Sciences.(SSHMNS), 65 (2008) 3, pp 56-86 30. Reisman, A.“On Albert Einstein’s non-participation in Harvard University’s Tercentenary 1936 celebrations” Education History Researcher, History of Education Society, (UK) No 81, May 2008, pp 31-41 31. Gunay-Erkol, C. and Reisman, A. (2008) Émigré Albert Eckstein’s Legacy on Health Care Modernization in Turkey: Two Generations of Students Who Have Made Major Contributions” Hygiea Internationalis 2008 7:1, 27–48 32. Reisman , A. “TURKEY'S MODERNIZATION: Luminary Professors Saved from Fascism by Turkey and Kept in Escrow for the US, Israel, and Germany” Encounter at the Bosphorus, ATUT publishing house, Wroclaw, Poland. (2008) pp. 45-66. 33. Reisman, A. (2007) “Rejection & Refuge: Four luminary intellectuals saved by Turkey (1933-1945)” The International Journal of Independent Scholars~Journal International des Chercheurs Indépendants. Vol.1 Issue,1. Summer 2009. 34. Reisman A. “Bringing the best Western classical literature to Turkish masses” The Translation Journal, Volume 13, No 2, April, 2009. pp 1-7. http://translationjournal.net/journal/48turkey.htm; Also appearing on http://www.translationdirectory.com/articles/article2005.php 35. Reisman, A. “Turkey’s Invitations to Nazi Persecuted Intellectuals Circa 1933: A Bibliographic Essay on History’s Blind Spot” Available on http://ssrn.com/abstract=993310 Covenant, The Global Jewish Magazine. Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer 2009). www.covenant.idc.ac.il/en/vol3/issue1/Reisman-Turkeys-AM-PDF.pdf 36. Reisman, A. “Walter Gottschalk: A pioneer of Modern Library Science and his interactions with Albert Einstein during the Nazi era.” Covenant, The Global Jewish Magazine. Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer 2009). www.covenant.idc.ac.il/en/vol3/issue1/Reisman-Walter-Gottschalk-AM-PDF.pdf 37. Reisman A “On a Taxonomy for the Literature of Migration”International Migration. Vol 47: 2009. 39. Reisman A , “The Tukish Republic’s Thirs for Western Culture” The Voice of Ataturk: Official Publication of the Ataturk Society of America. Fall 2009, pp 14-16 40. Reisman A , “M.K. Ataturk: Patron of the Arts” The Voice of Ataturk: Official Publication of the Ataturk Society of America. Fall 2009, pp 18-21 41. Reisman A. The role of Turkish diplomats in saving Turkish Jews in France: 1940-1944. History News Netwotk (HNN) 42. Arnold Reisman, A Morgenthau Legacy, History News Netwotk (HNN) Posted on 11-23-09, http://hnn.us/articles/120352.html 43. Alan Simons, TURKEY AND THE HOLOCAUST: How Turkey saved Jewish lives, SPECIAL REPORT. http://jewishinfonews.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/turkey-and-the-holocaust-how-turkey-saved-jewish-lives/ Also The European Jewish Cingress http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=4642 44. Reisman A , A Call for Change: On Verification of a Candidate’s Merit for Yad Vashem’s Righteous Among the Nations Award, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1490463 45. Reisman, A. The Role of Turkish Diplomats in Saving Turkish Jews in France: 1940-1944. http://hnn.us/articles/118548.html, Posted on 11-02-09, Also http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=4642 46. Reisman, A. (2009) Righteous Among the Nations Award: A Second Nomination Brief for Turkish Diplomats Who Saved Turkish Jews Living in France During World War II http://ssrn.com/abstract=1520460 47. Reisman A (2010), “Einstein the Savior: Turkey the Safe Haven” Jewish Magazine, http://www.jewishmag.com/144mag/einstein_turkey/einstein_turkey.htm, 48. Reisman A (2010), “Turkey and the Holocaust” History News Network (HNN) http://hnn.us/articles/126955.html, Posted 5-24-10.

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