Clay McShane (died October 29, 2017) was an American historian.

Career

Clay McShane studied at the

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and graduated in 1968. He attended the Smithsonian Institute for post-graduate work in the history of technology, where he was also a member of the visiting faculty. He continued his graduate education at the University of Wisconsin, where he earned his MA in 1970 and his PhD in 1975. His master's thesis, Wisconsin, ''Technology and Reform: Street Railways and the Growth of Milwaukee, 1887-1900'', was published as a book in 1975. In 1975 and 1976, he was Visiting Assistant Professor at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

. He began his long tenure at

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in ...

in 1976, where he taught history until his retirement in 2012.

Citations

{{DEFAULTSORT:McShane, Clay 1943 births 2017 deaths City College of New York alumni Smithsonian Institution people University of Wisconsin alumni American historians Carnegie Mellon University faculty Northeastern University faculty