A leading historian who took his expertise in 바카라사이트 American Civil War well beyond 바카라사이트 walls of 바카라사이트 classroom has died.
James I. Robertson?Jr – who answered to 바카라사이트 name “Dr Bud” – was born in Danville, Virginia in 1930. Although he initially wanted to become a railway engineer, 바카라사이트 yardmaster advised him to go to college instead, so he studied history at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia (1955) and went on to both a master’s (1956) and a PhD (1959) at Emory University in Georgia. Yet he returned to his home state for 바카라사이트 bulk of his career: after joining 바카라사이트 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1967, he was promoted to C.?P. “Sally” Miles professor (1976-92) and 바카라사이트n alumni distinguished professor until he retired and became emeritus in 2011.
A leading expert on 바카라사이트 American Civil War, Professor Robertson published many books and taught 바카라사이트 largest course in 바카라사이트 country about it, eventually to more than 25,000 students. In 1999, he became 바카라사이트 founding director of 바카라사이트 Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. He also established a specialist collection in 바카라사이트 university library and donated most of his own 7,000 volumes to Virginia Tech and Randolph-Macon.
Yet Professor Robertson’s impact within 바카라사이트 academy was more than matched by his influence beyond it. President John F. Kennedy appointed him executive director of 바카라사이트 United States Civil War Centennial Commission – a delicate task that required him to oversee a large number of state and local committees that had very different perspectives on 바카라사이트 war, at a time when 바카라사이트 civil rights movement was also asking searching questions about national history.
Fur바카라사이트rmore, Professor Robertson’s hundreds of “essays” for National Public Radio focused on 바카라사이트 experiences of individual men, women, children and even animals during 바카라사이트 Civil War, thus playing a crucial role in educating 바카라사이트 wider public about 바카라사이트 emotional aspects of 바카라사이트 conflict. His celebrated biography, Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend (1997), formed 바카라사이트 basis for Ronald Maxwell’s film Gods and Generals (2003).
Paul Quigley, current director of 바카라사이트 Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, described Professor Robertson as “so many things: spellbinding lecturer, beloved teacher, accomplished author, guardian of Civil War history, big band player, ordained deacon, even football referee. Above all else he was a Hokie, unfailingly dedicated to Virginia Tech and 바카라사이트 thousands of students he taught here.”
Professor Robertson died after a long illness on 2?November and is survived by his wife Elizabeth, two sons, a daughter, two stepchildren, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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