Ronald C. White, Jr.

About Ronald C. White, Jr.

Ronald C. White, Jr. earned his Ph.D. at Princeton University and has taught at UCLA, Princeton Theological Seminary, Whitworth University, and Colorado College.

He is a Fellow at the Huntington Library, Visiting Professor of History at UCLA, and Professor of American Religious History Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary.

White is the author and editor of eight books, including A. Lincoln: A Biography, which will be the Main Selection of the History Book Club for January 2009.  He has also written Lincoln's Greatest Speech, which was a Washington Post bestseller, a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and The Eloquent President which was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and the History Book Club. 

White has lectured on Abraham Lincoln at the White House, the Library of Congress, and at Gettysburg and was interviewed on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.  He lives with his wife, Cynthia, in La Cañada, California.

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Audio and Video Clips

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NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, October 22, 2002.  Interview by Ray Suarez regarding my book, Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural (includes streaming video in RealPlayer and Windows Media Player formats). 

Interview about The Eloquent President on Chicago Public Radio (91.5 WBEZ) (scroll down to the program for February 21, 2005 for the interview). 

Interview about The Eloquent President on AirTalk with Larry Mantle (89.3 KPCC) February 21, 2005. 

University of Illinois at Springfield, Center for State Policy and Leadership, Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series, October 26, 2006.  Dr. Mark A. Noll provides the first address on "Lincoln, Providence, and the Bible" and my address entitled, "Abraham Lincoln's Sermon on the Mount" begins at the 42:30 mark of the video.