A.J.R. Russell-Wood (1940-2010)
Renowned historian Anthony John R. Russell-Wood died August 13, 2010, after a brief battle with melanoma. He was the Herbert Baxter Adams Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, where he began teaching in 1971, twice serving as department chair (1984-90 and 1996-99). He was a former director of Hopkins' Program in Latin American Studies and a contributor to the university's pivotal Atlantic History and Culture Program, as well as serving on numerous university committees. The recipient of numerous professional honors and distinctions, Russell-Wood authored and edited ten books, over eighty articles and essays, and dozens of book reviews. He was a firm believer in the civic responsibility of academics; he chaired the Maryland Committee for the Humanities between 1980-82, presented several Congressional testimonies on behalf of the historical profession, and contributed to the work of the Smithsonian Institution, the Fulbright Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and public history initiatives around the world.