Joseph Frazier Wall Explained

Joseph Frazier Wall
Birth Date:10 July 1920
Birth Place:Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Education:Grinnell College
Harvard University (MA)
Columbia University (PhD)
Occupation:Historian
Spouse:Beatrice Mills Wall
Children:3
Awards:Bancroft Prize (1971)

Joseph Frazier Wall (July 10, 1920 in Des Moines, Iowa – October 9, 1995) was an American historian and professor of history at Grinnell College.[1]

He was born in Des Moines, and graduated from Grinnell College in 1941.[1] He gained an MA from Harvard University and a PhD from Columbia University. He joined Grinnell in 1947. He took a leave of absence in the late 1980s to be chairman of the History Department at the State University of New York in Albany. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 1990.[1]

His biography of Andrew Carnegie won the Bancroft Prize in 1971,[1] and was recommended by Charlie Munger in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack. His biography on the Du Pont family was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.[2]

He married Beatrice Mills Wall (1918–2012); they had three children.[1]

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  1. News: Joseph F. Wall, 75; Wrote Biographies Of Business Leaders. Wolfgang. Saxon. The New York Times . October 13, 1995. NYTimes.com.
  2. Web site: Joseph Frazier Wall. carnegiemuseums.org.