Leo Paul Ribuffo (September 23, 1945 – November 27, 2018) was an American historian. He was Society of the Cincinnati George Washington Distinguished Professor at
George Washington University
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.
Life
Born in
Paterson, New Jersey
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in 1966 with a B.A. in history and earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from
Yale University
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in 1976.
He taught at Yale University from 1970 to 1972 and
Bucknell University
Bucknell University is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal-arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts a ...
from 1972 to 1973. He moved to George Washington University in 1973.
He received grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the
National Endowment for the Humanities
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, served as visiting professor at
Fudan University
Fudan University (FDU) is a public university, national public university in Yangpu, Shanghai, Yangpu, Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education and is co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal ...
in China, and held the
Organization of American Historians
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-American Studies Association residency in Japan.
He was academic adviser to ''The World of F. Scott Fitzgerald'' (NPR), ''With God on Our Side'' (PBS-TV) and the documentary film ''The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg''.
Ribuffo was also worked as a specialist abroad for the
United States Information Agency
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Previously existing United States Information Service (USIS) posts operating out of U.S. embassies wor ...
(USIA) in Nigeria and the Republic of Korea.
He died on November 27, 2018.
Awards
* 1985
Merle Curti Award The Merle Curti Award is awarded annually by the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American social and/or American intellectual history. It is named in honor of Merle Curti (1897–1996). A committee of 5 members of the Organ ...
Writings
Books
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online edition*
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Contributions
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Essays
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References
External links
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Ribuffo retrospective at Society for US Intellectual History
1945 births
2018 deaths
Bucknell University faculty
George Washington University faculty
Rutgers University alumni
21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
Writers from Paterson, New Jersey
Yale University alumni
Yale University faculty
Historians from New Jersey
American male non-fiction writers
People of the United States Information Agency
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