{"id":9825,"date":"2021-10-12T09:51:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T13:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=9825"},"modified":"2021-10-12T15:25:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T19:25:24","slug":"dr-martin-sherwin-important-historian-of-the-20th-century-and-friend-to-the-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=9825","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Martin Sherwin: Important Historian of the 20th Century, and Friend to the Libraries."},"content":{"rendered":"

George Mason University Professor of History, Dr. Martin Sherwin passed away on Wednesday, October 6.\u00a0 Dr. Sherwin was best known as a scholar of the Cold War and the Nuclear Age. He was a professor in the Department of History at George Mason from 2007 until his passing. He taught courses dealing with Cold War-era politics, diplomacy and culture, and history through film. One of his specialties was the history of the Atomic Bomb.\u00a0 In 1975 Sherwin wrote A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and its Legacies<\/em>, which won National Historical Society’s American History Book Prize. \u00a0In 2006 he and co-author Kai Bird shared the Pulitzer Prize for American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, <\/i>a biography of the father of the Atomic Bomb. His most recent book was Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis,<\/em> published in October 2020.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Sherwin moderating, Talking to History: Veterans Look Back on the Cuban Missile Crisis, a University Libraries event held in conjunction with OLLI in 2017.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

We best knew Dr. Sherwin, or “Marty” as he preferred to be called, as a colleague who moderated one of our yearly events that we hold with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI).\u00a0 The event, entitled Talking to History: Veterans Look Back on the Cuban Missile Crisis<\/em> was well-attended and recorded to preserve the memories of our participants. Marty’s deep knowledge of Cold War history, as well as his experiences as a Naval Officer during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 made him a natural for leading the discussion between our three panelists. He deftly kept the conversation moving, while eliciting interesting details about the incident from each of our panelists. Clearly, two of Marty’s passions: speaking to veterans and learning more details about the American Cold War experience, were on display.<\/p>\n

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The graphic for the University Libraries and OLLI joint-event held in the Fenwick Library.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Sherwin was a widely-known writer of American Cold War history and a respected professor in the George Mason University Department of History. He was also a supporter of the University Libraries and very generous with his time and expertise. For that we thank him.<\/p>\n

We will miss you, Marty.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Sherwin listens as a veteran and OLLI member speaks about his experiences during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 2017.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Follow SCRC on Social Media and look out for future posts on our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0accounts. \u00a0To search the collections\u00a0held at Special Collections Research Center, go to our\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0and browse the finding aids by subject or title. You may also e-mail\u00a0us at\u00a0speccoll@gmu.edu<\/a>\u00a0or call 703-993-2220 if you would like to schedule an appointment, request materials, or if you have questions.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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