Pulitzer Prize Winner Alan Taylor Will Speak at U of M Dec. 12
For release: Dec. 4, 2002
For press information, contact Gabrielle Maxey

Pulitzer Prize winner Dr. Alan Taylor will open the fall "Teaching American History" colloquium at The University of Memphis on Thursday, Dec. 12. His lecture, "American Colonies," will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the University Center. It is free and open to the public.

Taylor is a professor of history at the University of California, Davis. He won the Bancroft, Beveridge and Pulitzer prizes for American history for his book, William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic.

Among his areas of interest are early American history and the history of the American West. He is a graduate of Colby College, and he received his doctorate from Brandeis University.

Taylor's visit to The U of M is the first event to take place under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Education's "Teaching American History" grant that was awarded this fall to improve academic achievement by American history students in the Memphis City Schools. With funding from the three-year grant, The U of M will provide training for elementary and secondary teachers of American history through summer institutes. In addition to the summer courses, the University will bring nationally known historians, such as Taylor, to campus for colloquia in the fall and spring.

Eighty teachers from the Memphis City Schools are expected to attend Taylor's talk. For more information, call 901-678-4879.

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