Strauss was born in
Frankfurt. He earned a B.A. from
Columbia University and a Ph.D. from
Cornell University. He finished his postdoc at
Yale University before embarking a teaching a career at
Rutgers University, where he taught from 1948 to 1990. Strauss died on August 7, 2015, at age 95 at his home in
Highland Park, New Jersey. == References ==