Reinhard Henry Luthin was a historian best known for his contribution to the history of President Abraham Lincoln.
Education
Doctor Luthin, a Fulbright Scholar, graduated from Columbia University with honors in History in June 1934. As a Fulbright Scholar, he studied and taught as a Professor of American and European history at the University of Decca, Pakistan, for one year.
Career
He was a noted professor of history at Columbia University, with a lifelong interest in facts regarding Lincoln"s life and times. Later he received his doctoral degree from Columbia University where he co-authored "Lincoln and the Patronage" with the Dean of Columbia University(1943-1950), Harry Carman. New York Times writer,Theodore Mack, was quoted as saying "the conclusion of the authors at the end of this enlightening and scholarly work does cr to the time and energy that must have gone into lieutenant"
In 1947, Columbia University received a $1.5 million bequest from Frederic Bancroft, a former librarian, author and lecturer.
He requested that this money be used for the expansion of Columbia University"s research resources in American history.
Through this bequest, Doctor Luthin was hired to the library staff lieutenant was here, in the position of bibliographer, that he expanded the collection of American books and other literary items.
In addition to his teaching at Columbia University, Doctor Luthin taught as a visiting lecturer at Trinity College (Connecticut), William and Mary College and before retirement taught at the University of Pittsburgh. He was a former fellow in history at Duke University.
President John F. Kennedy, in his 1955 book Profiles in Courage, referenced Luthin"s "American Demagogues" as one of his sources.
Luthin died of cancer at age 57 at his home in New York City. New York Times November 26, 1962
Dean Carman, Columbia University.