In memoriam
Legendary Civil War historian James I. ‘Bud’ Robertson Jr.
“History is the greatest teacher you will ever have,” James I. “Bud” Robertson Jr. often told his students. If history is the greatest teacher, many of them might have argued, then he was the second greatest.
Robertson, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Virginia Tech, died on Nov. 2 after a long illness. He was 89 years old.
Read Virginia Tech news obituary here.
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