Dr. Gabor Boritt has passed

[milhistbuff1]

May he rest in peace, his works on the war and Lincoln will be remembered through the ages.
ABT article regarding Dr. B.

 

[rpkennedy]

Another academic great gone. R.I.P.

Ryan

 

[LoyaltyOfDogs]

Dr. Boritt's obituary has not yet been published in the local press, but here is what the Adams County Historical Society said in announcing his death to the followers of its Facbook page, Gettysburg History.

"It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of our dear friend Gabor S. Boritt, world-renowned author and historian of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War.

Born in World War II–era Hungary in 1940, Boritt participated as a teenager in the 1956 revolution against Soviet occupation. He escaped to the United States, where he received his education and built an extraordinary academic career, becoming one of the most respected voices in Civil War-era history. He was the author, co-author, or editor of sixteen books on Lincoln and the American Civil War.

Boritt spent much of his professional life at Gettysburg College, where he served as the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and as the founding director of the college's Civil War Institute. In these roles, he transformed Gettysburg into an international center for Civil War scholarship and public history, mentoring thousands of students, scholars, and educators.

In 2008, Boritt was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush. At the White House ceremony, he was honored "for a distinguished career of scholarship on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era... his life's work and his life's story stand as testaments to our Nation's precious legacy of liberty."

Please join us in offering condolences to Gabor's family, friends, and colleagues. Now he belongs to the ages."