Clothier professor of history and international relations at Swarthmore College. Field Jr, a distinguished professor of history at Swarthmore College from 1947 to 1986. Jones Jr, class of '53, and Vera Lundy Jones, class of '58, in 2011. Field lecture endowment was established by Thomas D. It's my great pleasure to at least begin the process of introducing our speaker by telling you a little bit about the lecture series that has given us the opportunity to have him here today. I'm Tim Burke, I'm the chair of the history department. The Field Endowment supports a biennial lecture by visiting scholars at Swarthmore College on the subject of the history of the United States. Field, Jr., a distinguished professor of history at Swarthmore College from 1947 to 1986. '53 and Vera Lundy Jones '58, in 2001, and is named after the late James A. Lecture Endowment was established by Thomas D. He won the Bronze Star for heroism, helping in the evacuation of a small aircraft carrier that was damaged by a kamikaze attack in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Widely published in the fields of American Naval History and International Relations, Field also served four years in the Navy during World War II. Clothier Professor of History and International Relations at Swarthmore College, serving on the faculty from 1947 until his retirement in 1986. Field Lecture in History, "The Significance of Reconstruction in American History." Foner is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University and the author of multiple books including, most recently, the Pulitzer, Bancroft, Lincoln Prize-winning The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery (2011). Introductions by historians Tim Burke and Marjorie Murphy.Įric Foner gave the 2013 James A.
Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, gives the 2013 James A.
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