Stephen B. Oates Memorial and Symposium

Pleased to have participated in and co-organized the Stephen B. Oates Memorial and Symposium at UMASS Amherst this September.

Amherst Media’s link to the entirety of the September 9th memorial service and symposium is here:

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CSPAN coverage is here:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?522720-2/life-legacy-biographer-historian-stephen-b-oates

https://www.c-span.org/video/?522720-3/life-legacy-biographer-historian-stephen-b-oates-part-2

https://www.c-span.org/video/?522720-4/life-legacy-biographer-historian-stephen-b-oates-part-3

Kudos to Gretchen Gerzina, Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography and Professor of English, Joyce Berkman, Professor Emerita of History, Brian Ogilvie, Chair, History Department, Aaron Rubenstein, Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Leslie Schaler, DuBois Library, Ed Blaguszewski, News Office, UMASS Amherst,  Harold Holzer, Lincoln Scholar and Director of The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, David A. Lowy, Associate Justice, Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Lynn Pasquerella, President of the American Association of Colleges and Universities and 18th president of Mount Holyoke College,  and Frank J. Williams, Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court, retired, among all participants, notably Karl Anderson,  Playthell Benjamin and Jason M. Rubin, for this commemoration of Stephen B. Oates’ award winning contributions to American history and biography not least son Greg Oates, who’s carrying such important work forward and CSPAN founder and retired CEO Brian Lamb, who appreciated the memorial’s timeliness and valence.