William F. Trimble

OFFICE: Thach 309
PHONE: (334) 844-6636
EMAIL: trimbwf@auburn.edu

William F. Trimble. Professor. B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1969; M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1970; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1974.

His most recent book, Attack from the Sea: A History of the U.S. Navy's Seaplane Striking Force, appeared in 2005 with the Naval Institute Press. Jerome C. Hunsaker and the Rise of American Aeronautics (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002) was winner of the 2003 Gardner-Lasser Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for the best book in the history of aeronautics for the last five years.

He is currently completing a book manuscript on pioneer aviator Glenn Curtiss and the birth of naval aviation, to be published in 2009 by the Naval Institute Press.

He served as the History Department chair for two successive terms from 2000 to 2006.

Last updated Aug. 10, 2007.
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