David McCullough

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American historian and author (1933-2022)

United States WritersLived 1933 to 2022 · aged 89

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David Gaub McCullough was an American popular historian and author. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.

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McCullough interviews U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1981

McCullough speaking at Vassar College in 2008

McCullough speaking with Marie Arana on the National Book Festival Main Stage in 2019

McCullough is presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2006

Awards 24

2017Ken Burns American Heritage Prize

2013Newberry Library Award

2006Presidential Medal of Freedom

2003Jefferson Lecture

2002Pulitzer Prize for Biography

2000Carl Sandburg Literary Award

1996honorary doctor of the University of Miami

1995Helmerich Award

1995Charles Frankel Prize

1995National Book Award

1993Pulitzer Prize for Biography

1993St. Louis Literary Award

1993Francis Parkman Prize

1992Lionel Gelber Prize

1986Guggenheim Fellowship

1982National Book Award

1978National Book Award

1978Francis Parkman Prize

National Humanities Medal

Library of Congress Living Legend

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

honorary doctorate from Brown University

honorary doctor of the Northeastern University

Christopher Award

Connected to David 6

Hu ShihAlso won honorary doctor of the Northeastern University

Michael IgnatieffAlso won Lionel Gelber Prize

Michael ChabonAlso won Helmerich Award

Dolores HartAlso won Christopher Award

Allan BloomAlso won Charles Frankel Prize

George F. KennanAlso won Francis Parkman Prize

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