Lloyd Kramer UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus of History
WPTF Afternoon News · WPTF FM 92.9 AM 680
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William Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, has died at 102. Leuchtenburg died Tuesday at his home in Chapel Hill. A professor emeritus at UNC and a published author for more than 70 years, He received some of the top awards given to historians, including the Parkman and Bancroft prizes, was a political analyst for CBS and NBC and consulted on several of Ken Burns’ PBS documentaries. Lloyd Kramer, UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus of History, joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss William Leuchtenburg’s life and legacy.