Alan Rundlett Booth

Background

Booth, Alan Rundlett was born on March 20, 1934 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Robert Plues and Lois (Rundlett) Booth.

Education

AB, Dartmouth College, 1956; Master of Arts, Boston University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1964.

Career

Assistant professor history Ohio University, Athens, 1964-1968, associate professor history, 1968-1973, professor history, since 1973, professor emeritus history, 1999, Hamilton/Baker & Hostetler professor humanities, 1994-1999, Hamilton/Baker & Hostetler professor humanities emeritus, since 1999. Manuscript consultant Journal of Development Areas, Kalamazoo, 1965-1997, International Journal African Historical Studies, 1970-1997, African Economic History, Minneapolis, 1980-1995. Fulbright lecturer Swaziland, 1980-1981, 89-90.

Achievements

• Alan Rundlett Booth has been listed as a noteworthy history educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Historical Dictionary of Swaziland

    (Reaching back into earlier periods when the Swazi nation ...)

  • Swaziland: Tradition and Change in a Southern African Kingdom (Profiles)

    (Book by Booth, Alan R.)

  • The United States Experience in South Africa 1784-1870

Membership

Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1956-1960. Member Ohio Academy History (Executive Committee 1994-1995), African Studies Association.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, hiking.

Connections

Married Beatrice Edgcomb, June 23, 1956 (divorced June 1978). Children: Thomas E., Samuel R., Holly. Married Margaret Zoller, August 6, 1988.

1 child, Grace Marie.

Father:

Robert Plues Booth

Mother:

Lois (Rundlett) Booth

Spouse:

Margaret Zoller

Spouse:

Beatrice Edgcomb

child:

Samuel R. Booth

child:

Holly Booth

child:

Grace Marie Booth

child:

Thomas E. Booth