Biographical Information

• Full Professor, specializing in United States business and economic history
• B.A. 1966, Swarthmore College
• M.A. 1968, Columbia
• Ph.D. 1973, Columbia
• With the U of O since 1975

Major Publications

• Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System (Cambridge, 2008)
• The Making of Modern Advertising (Basic Books, 1983)
• "'We Can Wait. We Should Wait': Eugene's Nuclear Power Controversy, 1968-1970" Pacific Historical Review (1990)

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors

• Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellow
• CIES/Fulbright Senior Lecturer Award
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Grant
• Burlington Northern Distinguished Teaching Award