Arnold R. Hirsch
Arnold Richard Hirsch (March 9, 1949 – March 19, 2018) was an American historian who taught at the University of New Orleans, where he served as Ethel and Herman L. Midlo Endowed Chair for New Orleans Studies.[1][2]
Hirsch was born on March 9, 1949, and raised in Rogers Park, Chicago. His father Nathan died when Hirsch was 13, after which his mother Mollie started working at a bank.[3] Hirsch attended Sullivan High School, then earned undergraduate and advanced degrees in history from the University of Illinois at Chicago. His graduate advisor was Gilbert Osofsky. He began teaching at the University of New Orleans in 1978. Hirsch published Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago, 1940-1960. The book linked urban renewal in his hometown to racial segregation, and was partly inspired by the riots that took place after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Hirsch retired in 2013, and moved back to Chicago, settling in Oak Park. He died on March 19, 2018, of Lewy body dementia, aged 69.[4][5]
References
- ^ Hirsch, Arnold R. (February 26, 2006). "A memoir-history of the struggle to end the CHA's Residential Apartheid". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ^ "The Study of "Whiteness" (Notes on Contributors)". Journal of American Ethnic History. 23 (4): 202–206. 2004. JSTOR 27501525.
- ^ Chan, Sewell (March 28, 2018). "Arnold R. Hirsch, Historian of Housing Segregation, Dies at 69". New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ^ O'Donnell, Maureen (March 26, 2018). "Arnold R. Hirsch dies; analyzed Chicago segregation in influential book". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ^ Smith, Harrison (March 27, 2018). "Arnold Hirsch, influential historian of urban segregation, dies at 69". Washington Post. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- 1949 births
- 2018 deaths
- Writers from Chicago
- Historians of Illinois
- Historians of Louisiana
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American male writers
- 20th-century American historians
- American male non-fiction writers
- University of Illinois Chicago alumni
- University of New Orleans faculty
- Urban historians
- Deaths from dementia in Illinois
- Deaths from Lewy body dementia
- Historians from Illinois
- 20th-century American male writers