William E. Leuchtenburg

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William Edward Leuchtenburg (born September 28, 1922 in New York City ) is an American historian .

He graduated from Cornell University and received his PhD from Columbia University . There he taught after a brief period at Smith College , New York University and Harvard University for thirty years and held the DeWitt-Clinton Chair. Leuchtenburg was William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor at the University of North Carolina for ten years from 1982 until his retirement .

His subject areas are on the one hand the history of the American presidents, in particular he has published on Franklin Delano Roosevelt , and on the other hand the history of constitutional jurisdiction.

He is a member of the Organization of American Historians and the Society of American Historians (SHA). In 1964 the latter awarded him the Francis Parkman Prize for his book "Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940" . With this he also won the Bancroft Prize from Columbia University. In 1977 he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Leuchtenburg was the President of the SHA from 1978 to 1981. In term 1985/1986 he was President of the Organization of American Historians. In 1991 he became the president of the American Historical Association (AHA) for twelve months .

He was given the honor of selecting Roosevelt's quotations for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, DC.

In 2007 he received the North Carolina Award , North Carolina's highest honor for civilians, in the field of literature. In 2008 he received the newly awarded Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Award for Distinguished Writing in American History of Enduring Public Significance from the SHA .

Leuchtenburg has been married to Jean Anne since 1984 and has three children. He lives in Chapel Hill .

In addition to his university teaching and research activities, Leuchtenburg was also an active participant in political events, for example he demonstrated together with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma in 1965 . He also analyzed the outcome of presidential elections for NBC and commented on the inauguration of US presidents for various broadcasters . Leuchtenburg gave lectures in the Capitol , the Supreme Court and the French Senate . In 1977 Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 25-year reign. Leuchtenburg gave the opening speech.

Work (selection)

  • Flood Control Politics - The Connecticut River Valley Problem, 1927-1950 , Cambridge 1953.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal 1932-1940 , New York 1963.
  • The Perils of Prosperity, 1914-32 , Chicago 1964.
  • A Troubled Feast - American Society Since 1945 , Boston 1973.
  • Britain and the United States - Four Views to Mark the Silver Jubilee , London 1979. ISBN 0-435-32527-2
  • In the Shadow of FDR - From Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan , Ithaca, NY et al. 1983. ISBN 0-8014-1387-7
  • The 1984 Election in Historical Perspective , Waco, Tex. 1986. ISBN 0-918954-45-2
  • The Supreme Court Reborn - The Constitutional Revolution in the Age of Roosevelt , New York et al. 1995. ISBN 0-19-508613-9
  • The FDR years - On Roosevelt and His Legacy New York 1995. ISBN 0-231-08298-3
  • The White House Looks South - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson , Baton Rouge 2005. ISBN 0-8071-3079-6
  • In the Shadow of FDR - From Harry Truman to Barack Obama , 4th, revised edition, Ithaca, NY et al. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8014-4855-3
  • Herbert Hoover , New York 2009. ISBN 978-0-8050-6958-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of the Francis Parkman Prize winners ( Memento from March 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ List of Bancroft Prize winners
  3. ^ History of the SAH on their website
  4. ^ List of presidents on the Organization of American Historians website ( Memento of October 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Leuchtenburg's speech on the occasion of his presidency, “The Historian and the Public Realm” December 28, 1991; American Historical Review Vol. 97, No. 1 (February 1992): 1-18.
  6. ^ David Williamson, UNC-CH's William Leuchtenburg helped with Roosevelt dedication, May 15, 1997, University of North Carolina Newsletter No. 319
  7. ↑ Leuchtenburg's biography on the occasion of the award ceremony ( Memento from May 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ List of Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr. Award winners ( Memento from April 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Presentation text on the occasion of the award of the Honorary Degree 2008 on the Columbian University website ( Memento from June 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Leuchtenburg, William E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leuchtenburg, William Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City