Prof. Ronald Hilton |
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Prof. Hilton was not only a polyglot, a Renaissance man and a dynamic scholar; he was also an eyewitness to many of the great events of the 20th century. He personally interacted with world leaders of all ilks, from Alexander Kerensky to Herbert Hoover. He was present in Spain at the outbreak of the Civil War (1936). He attended the San Francisco meetings which established the United Nations after World War II. He was the first US scholar to become aware of the plans for the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961. These stories and more are told in Prof. Hilton's fascinating memoir, From Monarchy to Civil War, downloadable at the following link: http://waisworld.org/en/wais/publications/books Prof. Hilton's Wikipedia biography can be accessed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Hilton Prof. Hilton in 2006. Photo John Eipper: |