Walter L. Buenger, Ph.D.
Walter L. Buenger, Ph.D.
Walter Buenger, Ph.D., served as TSHA’s Chief Historian from September 2017 until January 2024, as well as the inaugural Summerlee Foundation Lone Star Chair in Texas History at The University of Texas at Austin. Buenger was elected a TSHA Fellow in 2000, and he served as TSHA President in 2009-2010. The author of numerous books and articles, Buenger was awarded the Coral H. Tullis Award in 2001 for his book, The Path to a Modern South: Texas between Reconstruction and the Great Depression. A native of West Texas, Buenger received his Ph.D. from Rice University in 1979. Soon afterward, he began teaching at Texas A&M University where he remained until 2017. While there, he gave courses in U.S. history, the history of the South, and Texas history, and served as chair of the history department. His own area of research focuses on comparative border studies, the South, and Texas since 1820. He is currently working on a project researching the relationship between history and memory in Texas after 1820.
Publications
TSHA Awards
Positions
- Honorary Life Board Member (End: 2024)
- President (2009–2010)
- Chief Historian (2017–2024)
Handbook Entries
| Title | Contributor Type |
|---|---|
| Black, Eugene | Author |
| Calvert, Robert Arnold | Author |
| Constitution of 1861 | Author |
| Constitutional Union Party | Author |
| Leonard Brothers | Author |
| Leonard, John Marvin | Author |
| Leonard, Obadiah Paul | Author |
| Osterhout, John Patterson | Author |
| Progressive Era | Author |
| Secession | Author |
| Secession Convention | Author |
| Unionism | Author |
| Whig Party | Author |
