Pietrusza (born Nov 22, 1949) Amsterdam, New York) is a noted historian and author. Career------He has produced a number of critically acclaimed works concerning 20th century American history, including a trilogy of works (1920, 1960, and 1948) on presidential electoral history. He is also an expert on the 1920s and on the presidency of Calvin Coolidge and the career of Charles Evans Hughes. As a noted presidential scholar, Pietrusza has been selected to serve on the Siena College Research Institute (SRI) Survey of United States Presidents and on the C-SPAN/Siena College Study of The First Ladies of The United States. Pietrusza has served as a regular panelist of FoxNews Live, appearing with such hosts as Kimberly Guilfoyle, Jonathan Hunt, Harris Faulkner, Julie Banderas, Jamie Colby, and Patti Ann Browne. He has been a frequent guest on C-SPAN and on ESPN documentary series such as SportsCentury, You Cant Blame, and Whos Number 1? and has been interviewed on NPR, MSNBCs Morning Joe, SIRIUS-XM, The History Channel (The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents), the Voice of America, Bloomberg Radio, the Fox News Channel, GBTV, ESPN, the Fox Sports Channel, and the MLB Network. He has produced and written the PBS-affiliate documentary, Local Heroes. Pietrusza collaborated with baseball legend Ted Williams on an autobiography called Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures. This book contained pictures of Williams throughout his life (many from his personal collection) and commentary on what each one depicted. Williams died shortly after the book was published. From 1993 to 1997, Pietrusza served as president of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), and was later the editor-in-chief of the short-lived publishing company Total Sports. Pietrusza holds both bachelors and masters degrees in history from the University at Albany. He has served on the City Council in Amsterdam, New York and as Public Information Officer for the New York State Governors Office of Regulatory Reform and the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General. Awards----------------His book 1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies was named by ForeWord Magazine as among the best political biographies. Pietruszas 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents received a Kirkus starred review, was honored as a Kirkus Best Books of 2007 title, and was named an alternate selection of the History Book Club. Historian Richard Norton Smith has listed 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents as being among the best studies of presidential campaigns. Pietruszas biography of Arnold Rothstein entitled Rothstein: The Life, Times & Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series was a finalist for the 2003 Edgar Award. Rothsteins audio version won an AUDIOFILE Earphones Award. Pietruszas Judge and Jury, his biography of baseballs first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, received the 1998 CASEY Award and was also a Finalist for the 1998 Seymour Medal and nominated for the NASSH Book Award. His Lights On!: The Wild Century-Long Saga of Night Baseball was a 1997 CASEY Award finalist. Pietrusza is the Recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Arts & Letters Award of the Alumni Association of the University at Albany.
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