Jack L. August (January 7, 1954 ? January 20, 2017) was Arizona 's state historian. ^[1] He was considered to be an expert on the politics of water. ^[2]

Early life [ edit ]

August grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , the eldest of five children. As a boy was friends with the film director John Waters , with whom he attended a private elementary school . ^[2] August was also attacked by a bear as a child, leaving a tiny scar, from falling down to hide from the bear in his parents car.

Education [ edit ]

August attended Yale University , on a full scholarship as a swimmer, from which he received his bachelor's degree in history. He later received a master's degree from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D from the University of New Mexico . ^{[1] [2]}

Career [ edit ]

August was named historian and director of Institutional Advancement at the Arizona Capitol Museum in early 2016. ^[1]

Selected publications [ edit ]

• Desert Bloom or Desert Doom?: Carl Hayden and the Origins of the Central Arizona Project, 1922-1964 . Prescott, Arizona: Sharlot Hall Museum, 1996. OCLC   49756478
• Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics in the American Southwest . Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1999. OCLC   38747393
• Dividing Western Waters: Mark Wilmer and Arizona V. California . Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2007. ISBN   9780875653549 OCLC   77830462
• Snell and Wilmer: An Institutional Biography of the New West . Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2013. ISBN   9780875655659 OCLC   840927783
• The Norton Trilogy . Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2013. ISBN   9780875655475 OCLC   811778739

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• "Jack August" . JSTOR.