Richard Patrick McCormick
| Richard Patrick McCormick | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 24, 1916 Ridgewood, New York |
| Died | January 16, 2006 (aged 89) Bridgewater, New Jersey |
| Occupation | Historian |
Richard Patrick McCormick (December 24, 1916 – January 16, 2006) was a historian, former University Professor of History, administrator, professor emeritus at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey and President of the New Jersey Historical Society. Dr. McCormick was internationally recognized for his expertise in New Jersey and early American political history.
Born in Queens, New York, on December 24, 1916, McCormick moved with his family to Tenafly, New Jersey. He graduated from Tenafly High School in 1933, and was encouraged to apply for college by a typing teacher in his senior year. He hadn't planned on attending college and had been in enrolled in a "general curriculum" that would mean that he didn't have the required courses he needed to apply for college. During a post-graduate year at Tenafly High School, he completed the four years of math courses he needed to be eligible for college enrollment.
McCormick received a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in History from Rutgers College of Rutgers University in 1938 and proceeded to earn a Master of Arts (A.M.) from Rutgers' Graduate School in 1940. During his undergraduate years, McCormick was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in 1948 from the University of Pennsylvania submitting a dissertation entitled Experiment in Independence: New Jersey in the Critical Period, 1781-1789 which would be edited for his first monograph.
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