Zohn, Hershel Archives

Hershel Zohn was born in Russia in 1909. His family emigrated to the United States in 1922, when Zohn was fourteen years old. In Manhattan he discovered the theatre and worked as a play reader, senior researcher, and translator in the New York Public Library Theatre Collection. He acted with the Yiddish Art Theatre and the Federal Theatre in the 1930s. In 1940, Zohn directed his first play, an original, in Greenwich Village. He had more acting offers, but in 1941 was drafted and served four years as supply sergeant in the U.S. Army.

Following World War II, Zohn earned Bachelor of Arts (1948) and Masters of Arts (1949) degrees at the University of Denver. He also studied at New York, Northwestern, and Cornell universities. After working at Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Zohn joined the faculty at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later New Mexico State University) in 1950.

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