Entries tagged with ‘James M. McPherson’

Jill Locke Named McPherson Chair

Professor Jill Locke has taught at Gustavus since 2000. Political Science Professor Jill Locke has been named the College’s James McPherson Endowed Chair in American History. Her three-year appointment to the position began on June 1. The Chair was endowed by Dr. James M. McPherson ’58, a professor emeritus at Princeton University and an acclaimed historian […]

Pulitzer Prize Winning Alumnus to Speak at Lefler Lecture

Pulitzer Prize winning American Civil War historian James M. McPherson will deliver the 2008 Herbert P. and Mary Jane Lefler Lecture at Gustavus Adolphus College at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13.