In Memoriam
Ohio History suffered the loss of one of its most esteemed editorial
advi-
sors last December with the death of
Elliott M. Rudwick of Kent State Uni-
versity. Professor Rudwick was born in
Philadelphia in 1927, and took his
A.B. at Temple University and his Ph.D.
at the University of Pennsylvania. A
sociologist by training, he was
throughout his career interested in social his-
tory, and his most important
contributions were in the history of the black
experience, although much of his work
was admired by specialists in urban
history, and his interests intersected
also with labor history.
Professor Rudwick's first book, his
revised dissertation, was W.E.B. Du-
Bois: A Study in Minority Group Leadership, and it was followed by Race
Riots at East St. Louis, July 2,
1917. He then entered upon a
long-range col-
laboration with Professor August Meier;
among the titles they wrote together
were such widely acclaimed works as From
Plantation to Ghetto, Core: A
Study in the Civil Rights Movement,
Black Detroit and the Rise of the UAW,
and, most recently, Black History and
the Historical Profession.
Rudwick taught at several institutions,
including Florida State University,
Southern Illinois University, and Kent
State University, where he taught six-
teen years until his death. At Kent
State he held a joint apppointment in the
departments of history and sociology,
and was highly regarded as a teacher
and warmly admired by his colleagues. Ohio
History and the history profes-
sion in general will sorely miss him.