Pletcher was born June 14, 1920 in Faribault, Minnesota[1] He attended the University of Chicago, successively earning three degrees in history there: a B.A. and an M.A. in 1941, and a Ph.D. in 1946.[1]
Pletcher's initial academic post was as a history instructor at the University of Iowa, from 1944 to 1946. He served as an associate professor, first at Knox College from 1946 to 1956, then at Hamline University from 1956 to 1965. In 1965 he joined Indiana University as a full professor; he remained there until his retirement in 1990.[1]
Pletcher served as an advisor for the 1999 PBS documentary U.S.-Mexican War (1846–1848).[5]
He was a member of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association,[citation needed] as well as the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, where he served as vice president in 1979 and president in 1980.[6]
Pletcher died February 22, 2004 in Bloomington, Indiana
Pletcher was born June 14, 1920 in Faribault, Minnesota[1] He attended the University of Chicago, successively earning three degrees in history there: a B.A. and an M.A. in 1941, and a Ph.D. in 1946.[1]
Pletcher's initial academic post was as a history instructor at the University of Iowa, from 1944 to 1946. He served as an associate professor, first at Knox College from 1946 to 1956, then at Hamline University from 1956 to 1965. In 1965 he joined Indiana University as a full professor; he remained there until his retirement in 1990.[1]
Pletcher served as an advisor for the 1999 PBS documentary U.S.-Mexican War (1846–1848).[5]
He was a member of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association,[citation needed] as well as the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, where he served as vice president in 1979 and president in 1980.[6]
Pletcher died February 22, 2004 in Bloomington, Indiana
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