William E. Leuchtenburg, a prizewinning historian who helped shape Americans’ understanding of the past with his erudite, perceptive books on Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal and the ...

William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, has died ...

Leuchtenburg’s notable books include “Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal” and “The Perils of Prosperity,” a history of the U.S. from World War I to the peak of the Great Depression.

William E. Leuchtenburg in 2009 at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. He helped shape America’s conception of its past during the prosperous 1950s and ’60s.

Presidential historian and UNC history professor William E. Leuchtenburg died Tuesday, Jan. 28. He is known for work on Franklin D. Roosevelt.

William E. Leuchtenburg, eminent presidential historian and Ken Burns consultant, ... In 2008, he was given the Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Award for "Distinguished Writing" of American history.

Leuchtenburg's notable books include "Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal" and "The Perils of Prosperity," a history of the U.S. from World War I to the peak of the Great Depression.

NEW YORK (AP) — William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the ...