Dwight C. Miner
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Born | Dwight Carroll Miner November 4, 1904 American history |
Dwight Carroll Miner (November 4, 1904 – August 1, 1978) was an American
Career
Miner was born to Roy Waldo, who was curator of
Upon completing his master's degree, Miner began teaching at Columbia as an instructor, and was promoted to the rank of professor in 1948. In 1965, he was given the Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching.[3] A year later, Miner appeared on the cover of the May 6 issue of Time magazine as one of the top ten professors in the United States.[4][5] A year later, his professorship was endowed and became the Moore Collegiate Professor of History. Miner retired from teaching at Columbia in 1973.
Miner died of cancer in 1978 at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. His career papers are held in the Columbia University Libraries.[6] A posthumous portrait of Miner was painted by Joyce Ballantyne in 1982 and is now in the National Portrait Gallery.[7]
Miner and his wife Marie had a daughter, Dorothy Marie Miner, and two sons, Dr. Robert Dwight Miner and Richard Thomas Miner.[5][8]
See also
- List of Americans of Irish descent
- List of Columbia University alumni and attendees
- List of Horace Mann School alumni
References
- Belknap Press.
- Octagon Books.
- ^ "Trilling and Van Doren Awards". Columbia College. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Great Teachers". Time. May 6, 1966. p. Cover. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ^ a b Ennis, Thomas W. (August 2, 1978). "Dwight C. Miner, Ex‐Professor Of U.S. History at Columbia, 73". The New York Times.
- ^ "Dwight D. Miner papers on the history of Columbia University, 1938-1978 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library | Columbia University Libraries Finding Aids".
- ^ "Dwight C. Miner".
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (October 23, 2008). "Dorothy Miner, 72, Legal Innovator, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2024.