Richard Lowitt

Richard Lowitt (February 25, 1922 – June 23, 2018) was an American historian. He was a professor of American History at Iowa State University, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, and he was the author of several books about the American West. He was president of the Agricultural History Society 1991–1992 and he was the first recipient of its Gladys L. Baker Award for lifetime achievement in 2010.

Early life Lowitt was born on February 25, 1922, in New York City. His parents, Eugene Lowitt and Eleanor Lebowitz, were Hungarian immigrants. He graduated from the City College of New York, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1943.

He was president of the Agricultural History Society 1991–1992,

Personal life and death Lowitt married Suzanne Carson. They had a son, Peter, and a daughter, Pamela. His wife predeceased him in 2006.

Lowitt died on June 23, 2018, in Concord, Massachusetts.

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