Winton Udell Solberg

Background

Solberg, Winton Udell was born on January 11, 1922 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States. Son of Ole Alexander and Bertha Georgia (Tschappat) Solberg.

Education

AB magna cum laude, University South Dakota, 1943. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University South Dakota, 1987. Student, Biarritz American University, France, 1946.

A.M., Harvard, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1954.

Career

Instructor, then assistant professor social science United States Military Academy, 1951-1954. Instructor, then assistant professor history Yale University, 1954-1958. Fellow Pierson College, 1955-1958, Morse fellow, 1958.

James Wallace professor history Macalester College, 1958-1962. Visiting professor University Illinois, 1961-1962, associate professor history, 1962, professor, since 1967, chairman department history, 1970-1972. Research fellow Center Study History of Liberty in American, Harvard University, 1962-1963.

Research scholar Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1959. Director Coe Foundation American Studies Institute, summers 1960-1962. Lecturer, consultant Army War College, 1959-1962.

Lecturer United States Command and General Staff School, 1963-1964. Fulbright professor Johns Hopkins University Bologna, 1967-1968, Moscow (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) State University, 1978, University Calcutta India, 1993. Visiting professor Konan University, Kobe, Japan, 1981.

United States Information Agency Lecturer, Korea and Malaysia, 1985, Korea, 1992.

Achievements

• Winton Udell Solberg has been listed as a noteworthy historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The University of Illinois, 1894-1904: THE SHAPING OF THE UNIVERSITY

    (The distinguished historian Winton U. Solberg presents a ...)

  • Redeem the Time: The Puritan Sabbath in Early America (Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America Publication, Harvard University)

    (Book by Solberg, Winton U.)

  • Federal Convention and the Formation of the Union of the American States
  • The Federal Convention and the Formation of the Union of the American States By Solberg, Winton U ( Author ) 2011 ) Hardcover

Membership

Member Illinois Humanities Council, 1973-1975. Secretary Council on Study of Religion, 1981-1985. Major infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946, 51-54.

Lieutenant colonel United States Army Reserve. Member American History Association, Southern History Association, Organization American Historians, American Studies Association (president Mid-American 1985-1986), American Society Church History (president 1985-1986), American Association of University Professors (chapter president 1965-1966, member council 1969-1972, 1st vice president 1974-1976), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Ruth Constance Walton, November 8, 1952. Children: Gail Elizabeth, Andrew Walton, Kristin Ruth.

Father:

Ole Alexander Solberg

Mother:

Bertha Georgia (Tschappat) Solberg

Spouse:

Ruth Constance Walton

child:

Andrew Walton Solberg

child:

Gail Elizabeth Solberg

child:

Kristin Ruth Solberg