Walter LaFeber
American historian (1933-2021) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 87
Walter Fredrick LaFeber was an American academic who served as the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor in the Department of History at Cornell University. Previous to that he served as the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History and a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell.
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2021Died9 March 20211998Bancroft PrizeAwardEllis W. Hawley PrizeAward1962Albert J. Beveridge AwardAward1933Born30 August 1933
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![A student's notebooks from History 313 and 314, LaFeber's History of American Foreign Relations course as taught during 1974-75. Students took diligent notes during the lectures and often kept the notebooks for decades after.[44] The History 314 page shown is for the first lecture of the semester and shows LaFeber's brief outline at the start.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Cornell_University_notebooks_for_History_313_and_314%2C_1974-75.jpg/1280px-Cornell_University_notebooks_for_History_313_and_314%2C_1974-75.jpg)
A student's notebooks from History 313 and 314, LaFeber's History of American Foreign Relations course as taught during 1974-75. Students took diligent notes during the lectures and often kept the notebooks for decades after.[44] The History 314 page shown is for the first lecture of the semester and shows LaFeber's brief outline at the start.
May 1976 program in which LaFeber became the first faculty member ever to deliver Cornell's commencement address
LaFeber (third from left) at a 2016 panel session discussing the influence of Cornell University on American foreign policy; Dwight Bush, Derek Chollet and Stephen Hadley are also presentAwards
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Country
United States
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Writers
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1933 to 2021 · aged 87
