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Jon Saari (email to update your profile)
Profile last updated: 08/01/07
 
Address: 120 E. Park St., Marquette, MI 49855
County: Marquette
Phone (w): -
Phone (h): 906-228-4656
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E-mail: jsaari@nmu.edu
 
Academic Affiliation: Northern Michigan University - Prof. Emeritus
Non-academic affiliation: Finlandia Foundation, Hanka Homestead
Degree: Ph.D.
Specialization areas: Area Studies (East Asia), Ethnic Studies (Finnish), History, Labor Studies
Major: History
Minor: -
 
Implementing projects as: Research, Consulting
Project types: School Projects - Educational Projects
Areas willing to participate: School Projects - Educational Projects
 
Past experience: Planner/participant, Chair, Cultural programs, Finnfest 1996 & 2005 - a comprehensive 4-day ethnic festival & educational event. BA Yale, 1962; MA Harvard, 1965; PhD Harvard, 1973. Taught courses on Finnish immigrants in America. Publilcation: Black Ties and Miners' Boots: Inventing Finnish-American Philanthropy (2003). Board Member of Hanka Finnish Homestead Museum.
 
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