| 1 | Name: | Dr. Carl N. Degler | |
| Institution: | Stanford University | ||
| Year Elected: | 1985 | ||
| Class: | 3. Social Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 303. History Since 1715 | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1921 | ||
| Death Date: | December 27, 2014 | ||
Carl Degler was Margaret Byrne Professor of American History Emeritus at Stanford University at the time of his death December 27, 2014, at the age of 93. He joined the faculty at Stanford in 1968, before which time he was an instructor and professor at Vassar College (1952-68) and an instructor at Hunter College, City College of Music, Adelphi University and New York University (1947-52). The recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1972 for his book Neither Black Nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States (which also won the Bancroft and Beveridge Prizes), Dr. Degler had published extensively on subjects such as the American South, the history of women, evolutionary theory, Darwin and Darwinism in America, and the uses and limits of history. A past president of the Organization of American Historians, Dr. Degler had also been president of the American Historical Association and the Southern Historical Association and was a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1985. | |||