Edward Rosen's academic life, including his education, was spent in New York City. He graduated from the
City College of New York in 1926 and he received his master's (1929) and doctoral degrees (1939) from
Columbia University. He was a teacher at the City College of New York and the
Graduate Center of the City University of New York until his retirement in 1977, with two interruptions: he was a visiting professor at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1957–1958, and at
Indiana University in 1963–1964. In 1983, six years after his retirement, he was appointed Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York. In the course of his career, Edward Rosen published 11 books, more than 160 articles, and over 90 book reviews. ==Prizes==