David McCullough
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| Born: | July 7, 1933 |
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| Residence: | West Tisbury, Massachusetts |
| School: | English Literature at Yale University |
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David Gaub McCullough was born July 7, 1933 is an American historian and bestselling author. A two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, he is widely referred to as a "master of the art of narrative history." Among his most well-known books are The Path Between the Seas, Truman, John Adams, and his most recent volume, 1776 (a New York Times and Amazon bestseller). He is also a familiar presence on public television — as the host of Smithsonian World and The American Experience, and as the narrator of many well-regarded documentaries.
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McCullough was educated at a private high school in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and then attended Yale University, where he received his bachelor's degree with honors in English literature in 1955. While at Yale, he became a member of Skull and Bones; as an undergraduate with a first interest in art, he often ate lunch with playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder, who inspired McCullough to become a writer
After graduating from college, McCullough went to work as an editorial assistant at the newly-established Sports Illustrated magazine, in New York. During the Kennedy administration, he moved to Washington, D.C. to work for the United States Information Agency; he also began working as an editor and writer for the American Heritage Publishing Company. While working at American Heritage, McCullough began the research, in his spare time, for what became his first book, The Johnstown Flood, about the catastrophic Johnstown Flood of 1889, which took place not far from where he grew up in Pennsylvania.
Speaking of this period in his life, McCullough has said, "...what I did... was to serve a kind of apprenticeship in... different magazine jobs, primarily editing, writing. And after I'd done that for about 10 or 12 years, I felt that I had reached the point where I could attempt something on my own."
In addition to the two PBS programs he has served as host for, McCullough has also been the narrator of numerous documentaries, including Ken Burns' Brooklyn Bridge, The Civil War and Napoleon. He also narrated portions of the motion picture Seabiscuit.
McCullough served as president of the Society of American Historians from 1991 to 1998. He has been elected to both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. As of April 2007, he has received 40 honorary degrees.
In October 2002, McCullough delivered the 13th annual T.H. White Lecture, sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. "While a great deal about our country has changed since September 11, everything hasn't, including our history — an inexhaustible source of strength," he said. "These are dangerous, uncertain times, but not the worst we've ever been through, by any means."
In December 2006, McCullough was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
McCullough lives in West Tisbury, Massachusetts (Martha's Vineyard) with his wife Rosalee Ingram (Barnes) McCullough, whom he met at Yale. They have five children and 18 grandchildren.
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