Charles E. Rosenberg

Charles Ernest Rosenberg (born 1936) is an American historian of medicine. He is Professor of the History of Science and Medicine and the Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences at Harvard University. Early life and education Rosenberg was born in New York City on November 11, 1936, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1956. He received both his master's degree (1957) and PhD (1961) from Columbia University. Career Rosenberg taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1963 until 2001. In 2001, he moved to Harvard University. He served as acting chairman of Harvard's history of science department in 2003–2004. Personal life Rosenberg is married to Drew Gilpin Faust, the former president of Harvard University.