Melvyn Dubofksy, distinguished professor emeritus of history and sociology, is the recipient of the 2011 Sol Stetin Award of the Sidney Hillman Foundation for his outstanding contributions to labor history. Previous winners include Dorothy Sue Cobble, James Green, David Brody and David Montgomery. Dubofsky has written and edited numerous books about labor and working-class history in the U.S., including When Workers Organize: New York City in the Progressive Era (1968), We Shall Be All: A History of the Industrial Workers of the World (1969), John L. Lewis: A Biography (1977, co-written with Warren Van Tine); The State and Labor in Modern America (1994); and Hard Work: The Making of a Labor Historian (2000).
Melvyn Dubofksy
May 17, 2011