stanley weintraub finished up as thers at penn state professor of arts and humanities. he joined the department of english september 1 1956. i think i was in fourth grade. [laughter] he was an instructor. inbecame a full professor 1965. a research professor in 1970. and the evan pugh professor in 1986. areas ofraub's specialization include biographies and cultural history, and of course 19th and 20th century drama. on the table, we see many of his books, some of which were devoted to our topic tonight, wartime christmases. during his 43 years at penn weintraub published 45 books. he never stopped when he retired. nobody knows for sure how many he has published, but i think it is up to 60 or thereabouts. on and on. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to present to you my mentor who responded to me when i said what do you want to be after i said my phd from bowling green, and he said words. i have tried my best to give them to him. i present to you one of the dearest friend's and mentors i have ever had. nobody does this alone. this is mine. stanley. [applause]

stanley weintraub finished up his years at penn state as the professor of arts and humanities. he joined the department of english september 1st of 1956. i think i was in fourth grade. he's an instructor. he became a full professor in 1965. a research professor in 1970. and the professor in 1986. dr. weintraub's area of specialization include victorian and early 20th century literature, biography and cultural history and, of course, 19th and 20th century drama. on the table you see many of his books. some of which were doe voted to what our topic is tonight, wartime christmases. during his 43 years at penn state, dr. weintraub published 45 books. and he never stopped when he retired. nobody knows for sure now how many he's published but i think it's up to 60 or thereabouts. on and on, ladies and gentlemen, i would like to present to you my mentor who said responded to me when i said, stanley, what do you want to be after i got by phd from bowling green and he said words. and i tried my best to give them to him. i present to you one of the dearest friends and men torps i've ever

. >>> coming up next on american history tv, a look at christmas during war time with stanley weintraub, professor emeritus at penn state university. he's the author of "pearl harbor at christmas." we'll hear about how president roosevelt and british prime minister winston churchill navigated that first christmas after america entered world war ie and we'll hear about how american soldiers marked christmas from the revolutionary war through the korean war. ohio's franciscan university host this event. it's about an hour. >> good evening, all, it's a pleasure for me to be here this evening and to point out this is such a fine that the president of academic affairs showed up. that's a good thing. along with other distinguished professors. stanley weintraub finished up his years at penn state as the evan pugh professor of arts and humanities. he joined the department of english september 1st of 1956. i think i was in fourth grade. he was an instructor, he became a full professor in 1965. a research professor in 1970. and the ebben pugh professor in 1976. dr. weintraub's area of specializat

stanley weintraub finished up his years at penn state as the professor of arts and humanities. he joined the department of english september 1st of 1956. i think i was in fourth grade. he's an instructor. he became a full

. >>> coming up next on american history tv, a look at christmas during war time with stanley weintraub, professor emeritus at penn state university. he's the author of "pearl harbor at christmas." we'll hear