William Leuchtenburg
| William E. Leuchtenburg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William Edward Leuchtenburg September 28, 1922 (age 94) New York City |
| Alma mater | Cornell University, Columbia University |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Years active | 1953 - Present |
| Employer | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Known for | History |
| Notable work | Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 |
| Awards | Bancroft Prize, North Carolina Award for Literature |
William Edward Leuchtenburg (born September 28, 1922 in Ridgewood, New York) is William Rand Kenan Jr. professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a leading scholar of the life and career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Leuchtenburg was born in New York City, and received his B.A. degree in 1943 from Cornell University, where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He later received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1951.
He won the 2007 North Carolina Award for Literature.
He is a past president of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the Society of American Historians. Eric Foner is the only other historian to claim that distinction.
Leuchtenburg is the author of more than a dozen books on 20th century history, including the Bancroft Prize-winning Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 (1963), a volume in the New American Nation series co-edited by his mentor Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Morris. His books include:
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