Theodore Saloutos | |
Birth Date: | 3 August 1910 |
Birth Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Nationality: | American |
Education: | Wisconsin State Teachers College-Milwaukee (BA) University of Wisconsin (PhD) |
Occupation: | Historian |
Theodore Saloutos (August 3, 1910 – November 15, 1980) was an American historian. His areas of research included agrarian politics and reform movements, immigration studies, and Greek immigration to the United States[1]
Saloutos was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 3, 1910. His parents were immigrants from Greece.[2]
Saloutos was awarded a BA in 1933 from Milwaukee State Teacher’s College. He took a Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin.[1]
Early in his career Saloutos taught at Oberlin College.
In 1945 he gained a post as lecturer in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, becoming a full professor in 1955. He stayed there until his retirement.[1]
Between 1965 and 1966 he was president of the Agriculture History Society. In 1973 he was elected president of the Immigration History Society.[1]