Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Prize

The Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Award honored distinguished writing in American history of enduring public significance. In cooperation with the Roosevelt Institute, the society gave this annual award from 2008 to 2017. It was named in honor of Arthur Schlesinger, the late incomparable historian who was a brilliant innovator in giving history a voice in public affairs.

2017 William Cronon, Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

2016 Anne Firor Scott, W. K. Boyd Professor Emerita of History at Duke University

2015 David Levering Lewis, Julius Silver University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at New York University

2014 James M. McPherson, George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University

2013 Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University

2012 David McCullough, Historian

2011 Gordon S. Wood, the Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University

2010 James MacGregor Burns, Woodrow Wilson Professor Emeritus of Government at Williams College

2009 Joyce Oldham Appleby, Professor Emerita of History at the University of California, Los Angeles

2008 William E. Leuchtenburg, the William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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