| 1 | Name: | Dr. Richard F. Fenno | |
| Institution: | University of Rochester | ||
| Year Elected: | 1989 | ||
| Class: | 3. Social Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 304. Jurisprudence and Political Science | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1926 | ||
| Death Date: | April 21, 2020 | ||
Richard F. Fenno, Jr. is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Rochester, where he has taught since 1957. The author of a number of major works dealing with aspects of American politics, he is the winner of numerous prizes, including the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Book Award (for Home Style, named the best political science book of 1978) and the V.O. Key Award (for Congress at the Grassroots, named the best book on Southern politics, 2001). Dr. Fenno has also taught at Wheaton and Amherst Colleges and holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and has served as president of the American Political Science Association. The Political Science Association's Legislative Studies section now annually awards the Richard Fenno Prize for the most highly regarded book on the subject. Richard F. Fenno, Jr. died April 21, 2020 in Rye, New York at the age of 93. | |||