Jack N. Rakove

Jack Norman Rakove (born June 4, 1947) is an American historian, author, professor at Stanford University, and Pulitzer Prize winner. Rakove was born in Chicago to Political Science Professor Milton L. Rakove (1918-1983) and his wife, Shirley. The elder Rakove taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago (1957-1983) and Barat College (Lake Forest, Illinois). Jack Rakove earned his A.B. in 1968 from Haverford College and his Ph.D. in 1975 from Harvard University. At Harvard, he was a student of Bernard Bailyn. Rakove is the W.R. Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science at Stanford University, where he has taught since 1980. He also taught at Colgate University from 1975 to 1980. He has been a...