Marshall Darrow Shulman (1916 - June 21, 2007) was an American diplomat, scholar of Soviet studies and the founding director of W. Averell Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...

. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Shulman earned a bachelor's degree from the

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, a graduate degree in English literature from

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, and a master's degree from

Russian Institute The Harriman Institute, the first academic center in the United States devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Russia and the Soviet Union, was founded at Columbia University in 1946, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, as the Russia ...

. He served as an information officer for the US mission to the

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, as special assistant to

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, and as special adviser on Soviet affairs to Secretary of State

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. He was also an associate director of the Russian Research Center at

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Marshall Shulman's obituary, Washington PostMarshall Shulman's obituary, Los Angeles TimesBooks by Marshall ShulmanFounding director of Columbia University's Soviet institute dies at 91
1916 births United States Department of State officials Historians of Russia Harvard University alumni Columbia University alumni University of Michigan alumni Columbia University faculty 2007 deaths {{Russia-studies-bio-stub