John Allen Gable
John Allen Gable | |
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Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association | |
In office 1974 – February 2005 | |
Succeeded by | Edward Renehan Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | 1943 Rockford, Illinois, USA |
Died | Glen Cove, New York, USA | February 18, 2005 (aged 62)
Education | Kenyon College Brown University |
Occupation | Historian |
Known for | Expertise on Theodore Roosevelt |
John Allen Gable (1943,
Early life
Gable was born to Allen H. and Mary Jane Gable in 1943 in Rockford, Illinois, one of three children.[7][6][2][1][8] He became interested in Theodore Roosevelt after his grandparents took him to visit Sagamore Hill when he was 9 years old.[9][1][2] The family moved from Illinois to Lenox, New York when Gable was 11. The following year, he wrote for the first time to Hermann Hagedorn, the head of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, and the two corresponded before meeting three years later. Gable considered Hagedorn his mentor.[2][10]
After graduating from the Lenox School for Boys, Gable attended Kenyon College, where he studied medieval and American history. He was part of Psi Upsilon and was a staff member of the college newspaper, the Kenyon Collegian.[11][5][2][9][12] Gable's senior honors thesis in 1965 was titled A nineteenth century patrician becomes a twentieth century president: an interpretation of the career of Theodore Roosevelt, 1880-1909.[9][11][13] The culmination of his history doctorate from Brown University was a dissertation on the Bull Moose Party in 1972. He later developed this into his 1978 book The Bull Moose Years: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party.[5][2][9][14]
Career
After finishing graduate school, Gable was a history instructor at Brown (1972-1973),
In 1974, when Gable moved into the role of executive director, the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) was on its last leg, having lost many of its members after the organization achieved its goal of turning
Gable was a member of the Organization of American Historians, Oyster Bay Historical Society, Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, and the Center for the Study of the Presidency. He was also part of his church's vestry and a past trustee of the Oyster Bay Historical Society.[4] The TRA awarded him with their Distinguished Service Medal shortly before his death.[21]
Death and legacy
Gable died from inoperable cancer on February 18, 2005 at what was then called North Shore University Hospital at Glen Cove.[1][20][2][5] Shortly after, the Friends of Sagamore Hill, an organization Gable helped found, named its annual lecture series in his honor.[22] Hofstra University awarded its first John Allen Gable Award in 2008.[8]
Selected works
Books (author)
- The Bull Moose Years: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party. Kennikat Press. 1978.
- "Theodore Roosevelt: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography". Theodore Roosevelt: Many-Sided American. Heart of Lakes Publishing. 1992. pp. 645–654. ISBN 978-1557870858.
- The Goodness that Doth Crown Our Days: A History of Trinity Parish. North Adams, Massachusetts, USA: Lamb Printing. 1993.[24][14]
- Oyster Bay: How Firm a Foundation: The Anglican Church in Oyster Bay, New York and Colonial America. Oyster Bay: Christ Church. 2004.[1]
- Purcell, L. Edward (2010). "Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)". Vice Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary. ISBN 9781438130712.
Books (editor)
- The Man in the Arena. Speeches and Essays By Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt Association. 1990.[25]
- Theodore Roosevelt: Many-Sided American. Heart of Lakes Publishing. 1992.
External links
- Theodore Roosevelt Association official website
- "How Roosevelt's Presidential Order To Fix Spelling Helped Kill Spelling Reform", a speech by John A. Gable
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Fischler, Marcelle S. (2006-01-01). "The Legacies They Left". New York Times. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "John Gable, expert on T. Roosevelt, dies". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). Melville, New York, USA. 2005-02-21. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-02-22 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Bomboy, Scott (2019-01-06). "On this day, Theodore Roosevelt dies unexpectedly". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ a b c d e f g "John Allen Gable, Ph.D." Stamford History. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ ISBN 9781438130712.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bleyer, Bill (2005-02-21). "John Gable, 62, Roosevelt historian". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). Melville, New York, USA. p. 42. Retrieved 2024-02-22 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Looking Back". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA. 1988-11-16. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-02-22 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Greenberg, Ginny (2018-05-04). "History Dept Rewards Excellence". Hofstra University. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ a b c d Bleyer, Bill (1989-12-03). "Researcher Bully on Book". Newsday (Nassau Edition). Hempsted, New York, USA. p. 399. Retrieved 2024-02-23 – via newspapers.com.
- ISBN 9780807166741.
- ^ a b "In Memoriam". Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Staff". Kenyon Collegian. Vol. 89, no. 7. Kenyon College. 1963-02-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "John A. Gable academic and personal research files on Theodore Roosevelt". Harvard University. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ a b "Parish history book published to mark Trinity's bicentennial". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA. 1993-08-28. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-02-22 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Engineering Heritage". Newsday (Nassau Edition). Hempstead, New York, USA. 1974-01-27. p. 80. Retrieved 2024-02-22 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Quinn, Mike (1974-02-18). "A List of Places Worth Remembering". Newsday (Nassau Edition). Hempstead, New York, USA. p. 14. Retrieved 2024-02-22 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "About this Journal". Theodore Roosevelt Association. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Roosevelt TV date". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). Melville, New York, USA. 1975-11-20. p. 197. Retrieved 2024-02-22 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Gay, Verne (2003-01-19). "Portrait of a Lion". Newsday (Nassau Edition). Hempstead, New York, USA. p. 152. Retrieved 2024-02-22 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Farewell: How the Tedheads celebrated John Gable's life". Chicago Tribune. 2005-02-23. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "John Allen Gable, Ph.D., 1943 - 2005". Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot. 2005-03-04. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
- ^ "Roosevelt talk". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). Melville, New York, USA. 2005-03-01. p. 15. Retrieved 2024-02-23 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Bull Moose years : Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party / John Allen Gable". Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Trinity Church Establishment and Early Days". Lenox History. 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Class Notes: Graduate Studies". Brown University Alumni Magazine. May 2004. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Publications: Listed Alphabetically by Subject Matter". Hofstra University. Retrieved 2024-02-22.