Jack August Explained

Jack L. August (January 7, 1954 – January 20, 2017) was Arizona's state historian.^[1] He was considered to be an expert on the politics of water.^[2]

Early life

August grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of five children. As a boy was friends with the film director John Waters, with whom he attended a private elementary school.^[2] August was also attacked by a bear as a child, leaving a tiny scar, from falling down to hide from the bear in his parents car.

Education

August attended Yale University, on a full scholarship as a swimmer, from which he received his bachelor's degree in history. He later received a master's degree from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D from the University of New Mexico.^{[1] [2]}

Career

August was named historian and director of Institutional Advancement at the Arizona Capitol Museum in early 2016.^[1]

Selected publications

• Desert Bloom or Desert Doom?: Carl Hayden and the Origins of the Central Arizona Project, 1922-1964. Prescott, Arizona: Sharlot Hall Museum, 1996.
• Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics in the American Southwest. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1999.
• Dividing Western Waters: Mark Wilmer and Arizona V. California. Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2007.
• Snell and Wilmer: An Institutional Biography of the New West. Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2013.
• The Norton Trilogy. Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2013.

External links

• Web site: Jack August. JSTOR.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arizona historian Jack August dies.
2. Web site: August's Light: Arizona Historian Jack August Dies, but His Passion for History and His Fellow Man Shines On . Lemons . Stephen . Phoenix New Times . January 25, 2017 . Phoenix New Times . July 24, 2017 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20170125140608/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/augusts-light-arizona-historian-jack-august-dies-but-his-passion-for-history-and-his-fellow-man-shines-on-9016233 . January 25, 2017 .