Saul K. Padover
Saul Kussiel Padover (April 13, 1905 – February 22, 1981) was a historian and political scientist at the New School for Social Research in New York City who wrote biographies of philosophers and politicians such as Karl Marx and Thomas Jefferson. Early years and education. Padover was born in Rozwadów, then Austria-Hungary. He emigrated to the United States in 1920. Padover earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He completed graduate coursework at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and received a Master of Arts and in 1932. He later received  a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Civil Service. Padover worked in the United States Department of Interior, as a political analyst for the Federal Communications Commission, and as an intelligence officer for the Office of Strategic Services. Padover supervised civilian members of the Psychological Warfare Division (PWD). His service was notable for his leaking the identity of U.S.-appointed mayor of Aachen Franz Oppenhoff; Heinrich Himmler subsequently ordered the assassination of Oppenhoff. Academia and writing career. Padover wrote editorials for "PM", a short-lived liberal newspaper. In 1949, he joined the graduate faculty of The New School. He also directed  the General Seminar, the New School's interdisciplinary seminar for faculty. Personal life and death. Padover was married first to Irina Padover, and following the death of his first wife, to Peg Fenwick, screenwriter of the film "All That Heaven Allows". Padover died on February 22, 1981.