Russell Bartley was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey in 1939. He received his B.A. from
Colgate University in 1961, a M.A. from Middlebury College Graduate Language Schools in
1962, a second M.A. from Stanford in 1965, and his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1971. Bartley
joined the UWM Department of History in 1969 as an instructor. He became an assistant
professor in 1971, and was later promoted to associate professor. Bartley remained with the
UWM Department of History until 1996, and specialized in Latin American and Eastern European
history. He also served on the advisory council for UWM's Spanish Speaking Outreach
Institute, and contributed to the programs and development of UWM's Center for Latin
America.
