Melvin G. Holli
Curriculum Vitae
Personal:
Rank:
Professor
Address:
Department of History (M/C 198)
University of Illinois at Chicago
913 University Hall
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7109
Phone:
(312) 996-2232
Fax:
(312) 996-6377
Email:
mholli@uic.edu
Education:
B.A. (History), Northern Michigan University, 1957
M.A. (History), University of Michigan, 1958
Ph.D. (US History), University of Michigan, 1966
Dissertation Title:
"Hazen S. Pingree: Pre-Progressive Reformer"
Dissertation Adviser:
Sidney Fine
Publications:
Monographs:
Reform in Detroit: Hazen S. Pingree and Urban Politics
(Oxford University Press, 1969)
Detroit
(Franklin Wats, 1975)
The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition
(Southern Illinois Press, 1987)
Bashing Chicago Traditions: Harold Washington's Last Campaign
(Eerdmans, 1989)
Restoration 1989: Chicago Elects a New Daley
(Lyceum Books, 1991)
The American Mayor: The Best and Worst Big City Leaders
(Penn.State Press, 1999)
A View From Chicago's City Hall: Mid Century To Millennium
, with Paul Green, (Arcadia Publishing, 1999)
Edited Books:
A Biographical Dictionary of American Mayors, 1820-1980
(Greenwood Press, 1982)
Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait
(Eerdmans, 1995)
The University of Illinois at Chicago -- A Pictorial History
, with Fred Beuttler and Robert Remini (Arcadia, 2000)
Articles:
"Emil Hurja: Michigan Presidential Pollster,"
Michigan Historical Review
, Fall 1995
"The Experts Choose Chicago's Greatest Mayor,"
Public Perspective
, Sept. 1995
"Toledo's Golden Ruler: Mayor Samuel M. Jones"
TIMELINE
(Ohio Historical Society) 17, no. 4 (july-August 2000), 40-52
"The Founding of Detroit by Cadillac,"
Michigan Historical Review
(Special issue-Detroit 300) 27, no.1 (Spring 2001), 129-137
Awards and Positions:
NEH Fellowship for University Teachers, 1969-70
Fulbright Professor, Finland, 1978, 1989
Department of history