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Professor Lloyd Ultan
orn and raised within walking distance of Yankee Stadium, Professor Lloyd Ultan has been dubbed an “institution”
by the New York Times for his work as a local historian. An author, educator, Bronx history expert, and occasional tour guide, Professor Ultan’s career began more than 50 years ago when he was attending Hunter College’s Bronx campus (today known as Lehman College). The more he learned about world history and events during his undergraduate and graduate years, the more obvious it became that he knew very little about his own hometown. He subsequently discovered the Bronx County Historical Society and became a regular at its lectures. “I realized the history of the Bronx was the history of the nation in microcosm,” he recalls.
By the time he graduated with his MA in American History from Columbia University, Professor Ultan knew he would devote his career to teaching and preserving the history of the Bronx borough of New York. In 1964, he joined the faculty at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he continues to teach today. He has also taught at his old alma maters, Lehman College and Hunter College. In 1996, Prof. Ultan was appointed to be the Bronx Historian by former borough president Fernando Ferrer. Prof. Ultan is the 4th person to occupy this position, which is pro bono.