Faculty In Memoriam

Remembering the Department of History’s faculty members

Note that this list may not be exhaustive. Links to obituaries and articles are included where possible. If you find errors or omissions in the list, please email history@uconn.edu.

Susan Porter Benson

Years with the department: 1993 – 2005

Research: United States; labor

Michael Blumenthal

Years with the department: 1965 – 2015

Research: United States

Roger Buckley

Years with the department: 1984 – 2019

Research: British Empire; India; Caribbean

Paul Canning

Years with the department: 1985 – 2020

Research: England, Ireland, modern Europe

Fred A. Cazel

Years with the department: 1948 – 1988

Research: Medieval Europe

Christopher “Kit” Collier

Years with the department: 1984 – 1999

Research: United States; Connecticut

Marvin Cox

Years with the department: 1965 – 2001

Research: Modern Europe; France

Richard Orr Curry

Years with the department: 1963 – 1992

Research: United States; Civil War and Reconstruction

Cleveland Donald Jr.

Years with the department: 1991 – 2012

Research: Latin America; United States; African diaspora; Waterbury

Reinhold A. Dorwart

Years with the department: 1935 – 1973

Research: Germany; modern Europe

Estelle Feinstein

Years with the department: 1957 – 1989

Research: United States; Connecticut

John C. Greene

Years with the department: 1967 – 1987

Research: Science

Hugh M. Hamill

Years with the department: 1961 – 1994

Research: Latin America

A. William Hoglund

Years with the department: 1961 – 1997

Research: United States; Immigration

Robert W. Lougee

Years with the department: 1949 – 1984

Research: Germany; modern Europe

Benedict V. Maciuika

Years with the department: 1958 – 1994

Research: Modern Europe; Lithuania; Soviet Union

Harry Marks

Years with the department: 1946 – 1978

Research: Germany; Modern Europe

James L. McKelvey

Years with the department: 1962 – 1994

Research: Modern British

Freeman W. Meyer

Years with the department: 1951 – 1989

Research: Early United States; Connecticut

Edmund A. Moore

Years with the department: 1932 – 1958

Research: United States; Intellectual, religious history

Emiliana Pasca Noether

Years with the department: 1968 – 1987

Research: Italy; Modern Europe

James O. Robertson

Years with the department: 1965 – 1993

Research: United States

Andre Schenker

Years with the department: 1928 – 1965

Research: Modern Europe

Peter B. Schroeder

Years with the department: 1960 – 1968

Research: United States; Communications

Bruce Stave

Years with the department: 1970 – 2002

Research: United States; Urban History; Oral History

Albert E. Van Dusen

Years with the department: 1968 – 1987

Research: United States; Connecticut State Historian

Edmund S. Wehrle

Years with the department: 1966 – 1997

Research: Europe; Asia