Forrest McDonald, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Former Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Alabama
- Position:
- Con to the question "Was Bill Clinton a Good President?"
- Reasoning:
-
“[Bill Clinton] was not a strong president; he was a popular one. Ask yourself, what did he get done? Was there any major legislation he was responsible for? Welfare reform came from the Republican Congress. Health care was a disaster. He simply didn’t get much done. He was a comedy of errors. Everyone approves of what he’s doing, but when you ask the question, no one can say anything he did.”
“Soundbite: 18th Century Man,” by Michael W. Lynch, Reason, Apr. 2001
- Involvement and Affiliations:
-
- Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of History, University of Alabama
- Former Professor, Brown University
- Former Professor, Wayne State University
- Recipient, Heritage Foundation, Salvatori Award for Academic Excellence, 1992
- Recipient, Ingersoll Prize, Richard M. Weaver Award for Scholarly Letters, 1990
- Recipient, Doctor of Humane Letters, Honorary Degree, SUNY-Geneseo, 1989
- 16th Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1987
- Board of Foreign Scholarships (Presidential Appointment), 1985-1987
- Recipient, Benchmark Book Award, 1986
- Earhart Fellowships, 1969, 1976, 1984
- Recipient, Outstanding Scholar Award, University of Alabama, 1980
- Relm Foundation Fellowship, 1965
- Volker Fund Fellowship, 1962-1963
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1962-63
- Social Science Research Council, Research Training Fellow, 1951-53
- Education:
-
- PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1955
- BA, University of Texas at Austin
- Other:
-
- Died Jan. 19, 2016
- Died Jan. 19, 2016
- Quoted in:
- Pro & Con Quotes: Was Bill Clinton a Good President?