Alonzo L. Hamby (born January 30, 1940) is an American historian and academic. He is distinguished professor of history emeritus at

Ohio University Ohio University is a Public university, public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confeder ...

and the recipient of two

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Fellowships, a Harry S. Truman Library Institute Senior Fellowship, a

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Fellowship, and the Ohio Academy of History Distinguished Service Award. He is an expert on

Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin ...

and his presidency.

Life

Hamby was born on 30 January 1940. He was born and raised at Humansville, Polk County, Missouri.

Career

Hamby completed his PhD from the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...

. He is distinguished professor of history emeritus at

. Hamby is also a distinguished member of the

American Historical Association The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world. Founded in 1884, the AHA works to protect academic freedom, develop professional s ...

Bibliography

His books include: * ''Liberalism and Its Challengers: From F.D.R. to Bush '' * ''Man of Destiny: FDR and the Making of the American Century '' * ''Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman '' * ''For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s '' * ''Beyond the New Deal: Harry S. Truman and American Liberalism '' * ''The Imperial Years '' * ''Harry S. Truman and the Fair Deal '' * ''The New Deal: Analysis & Interpretation ''

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* * 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Living people 1940 births University of Missouri alumni Ohio University faculty American male non-fiction writers {{US-historian-stub