Jack August
{{Short description|American historian (1954–2017)}}
Jack L. August (January 7, 1954 – January 20, 2017) was Arizona's state historian.{{cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/01/20/arizona-historian-jack-august-dies/96860250/|title=Arizona historian Jack August dies|publisher=}} He was considered to be an expert on the politics of water.{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/augusts-light-arizona-historian-jack-august-dies-but-his-passion-for-history-and-his-fellow-man-shines-on-9016233 |title=August's Light: Arizona Historian Jack August Dies, but His Passion for History and His Fellow Man Shines On |last=Lemons |first=Stephen |date=January 25, 2017 |website=Phoenix New Times |access-date=July 24, 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125140608/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/augusts-light-arizona-historian-jack-august-dies-but-his-passion-for-history-and-his-fellow-man-shines-on-9016233 |archivedate=January 25, 2017 }}
Early life
August grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of five children. As a boy was friends with the film director John Waters, with whom he attended a private elementary school. August was also attacked by a bear as a child, leaving a tiny scar, from falling down to hide from the bear in his parents car.
Education
August attended Yale University, on a full scholarship as a swimmer, from which he received his bachelor's degree in history. He later received a master's degree from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D from the University of New Mexico.
Career
August was named historian and director of Institutional Advancement at the Arizona Capitol Museum in early 2016.
Selected publications
- Desert Bloom or Desert Doom?: Carl Hayden and the Origins of the Central Arizona Project, 1922-1964. Prescott, Arizona: Sharlot Hall Museum, 1996. {{OCLC|49756478}}
- Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics in the American Southwest. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1999. {{OCLC|38747393}}
- Dividing Western Waters: Mark Wilmer and Arizona V. California. Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2007. {{ISBN|9780875653549}} {{OCLC|77830462}}
- Snell and Wilmer: An Institutional Biography of the New West. Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2013. {{ISBN|9780875655659}} {{OCLC|840927783}}
- The Norton Trilogy. Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2013. {{ISBN|9780875655475}} {{OCLC|811778739}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title=Jack August|url=https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=au%3A%22Jack+August%22|publisher=JSTOR}}
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Category:Historians of Arizona
Category:Historians of the American West
Category:University of Arizona alumni
Category:University of New Mexico alumni