Gerlach, Larry R(euben)

views updated

GERLACH, Larry R(euben)

GERLACH, Larry R(euben). American, b. 1941. Genres: Area studies, History, Sports/Fitness. Career: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, assistant professor, 1968-, professor of history, 1977-, associate dean of College of Humanities, 1982-83, chair of department of history, 1983-88; College of William and Mary, visiting assistant professor, 1970-71. Utah Humanities Center, director, 1988-90. Publications: Historical Studies and Documents Research Foundation (Salt Lake City), 1973; Prologue to Independence: New Jersey in the Coming of the American Revolution, 1976; Connecticut Congressman: Samuel Huntington, 1731-1796, 1977; The Men in Blue: Conversations with Umpires, 1980; Blazing Crosses in Zion: The Ku Klux Klan in Utah, 1982; (with C.B. von Schmidt) Dining in-Salt Lake City, 1985; The Olympic Games: Ancient to Modern, 2002. EDITOR: The American Revolution: New York as a Case Study, 1972; Documents Illustrative of the American Revolution, 1763-1788, New Jersey in the American Revolution, 1763-1783: A Documentary History, 1975; "We Hold These Truths": Fundamental Testaments of the American Revolution, 1976; Legacies of the American Revolution, 1978. Address: Department of History, University of Utah, 380 S 1400 East #211, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, U.S.A.