Donald A. Ritchie | |
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![]() Donald A. Ritchie in 2011. | |
2nd Historian of the United States Senate | |
In office 2009–2015 | |
Preceded by | Richard A. Baker |
Succeeded by | Betty Koed |
Personal details | |
Born | December 23,1945 |
Education | City College of New York (BA) University of Maryland,College Park (MS,PhD) |
Donald A. Ritchie (born December 23,1945) is Historian Emeritus of the United States Senate.
He graduated from the City College of New York in 1967;and received a master's degree,in 1969,and a Ph.D.,in 1975,from the University of Maryland,College Park. [1]
Ritchie served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1969 to 1971. [2]
As associate historian in the Senate Historical Office,beginning in 1976,Ritchie conducted oral history interviews with former senators and retired members of Senate staff as part of the Senate oral history project. [3] In 2009 he became the Senate historian,succeeding Richard Baker,and held that post until his retirement in 2015. [4]
Ritchie was responsible for editing the closed hearing transcripts of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's investigations, [5] and has authored a number of books including Electing FDR. His book Press Gallery:Congress and the Washington Correspondents won him the Richard W. Leopold Prize of the Organization of American Historians. [6] He has served as president of the Oral History Association and on the councils of the American Historical Association and the International Oral History Association, [6] as well as on the board of the Society for History in the Federal Government. [7]
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