Betty Koed | |
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3rd Historian of the United States Senate | |
In office June 1, 2015 –October 2023 | |
Preceded by | Donald A. Ritchie |
Succeeded by | Katherine A. Scott |
Personal details | |
Education | Santa Barbara City College University of California,Santa Barbara (BA,MA,PhD) |
Betty K. Koed is an American historian who was the third Historian of the United States Senate and the first woman to hold that position. [1] Upon her retirement,the US Senate designated her as Historian Emerita of the United States Senate. [2]
Koed graduated from the University of California,Santa Barbara in 1983 and received a bachelor's in English. She went on to earn her master's and PhD in history,also from University of California,Santa Barbara,in 1991 and 1999 respectively,after beginning her career as a technical writer. [3] [4] [5] While pursuing her PhD,Koed studied with Otis L. Graham Jr. and Robert Kelley at the University of California,Santa Barbara. [6]
She later went on to teach American History at the University of California,Santa Barbara before joining the Senate Historical Office in 1998. [3]
Koed won the Distinguished Alumni Award from UC Santa Barbara in 2016. [7]
In 2022,Koed authored the book Scenes:People,places,and events that shaped the United States Senate, which "presents a collection of 150 scenes from Senate history." [8]