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THE FIRST TIME I saw Bill Goetzmann- "Dr. G" as we graduate students called him in the seventies - he came burst-L·. ing into the American studies office at the University of Texas, brow furrowed in concentration, eyes focused only on his office door beyond the secretaries' desks. His battered briefcase literally trailed him as he barged ahead, seeming to see no one as he churned a path to his office. Despite the Austin heat of a September afternoon, he wore a rumpled sport coat. A cloud of energy seemed to linger even after he'd closed his door."That was him. Goetzmann," said Herb Hovenkamp, a graduate student who'd been showing me, a newcomer, around campus. His eyes gleamed playfully. He'd just had visual proof of the stories he'd been telling about the dynamic professor whose seminar I had enrolled in. That was in the early fall of 1978.Herb, who went on to become an accomplished legal historian, wasn't the only one eager to both regale and intimidate incoming students with stories of Bill Goetzmann. From young professors as well as students, we heard of his formidable intellect, his ability to "make or break" graduate students depending on whether they could hold up to the intellectual rigor of his seminar discussions. Everyone, it seemed, had a story to tell, whether of his intensity in the classroom, his wit, or his high demands from students. In the office that September day, Herb picked up a copy of Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and Scientist in the Winning of the American West, Dr. Goetzmann's Pulitzer Prize-winning tome, a wealth of information about the charting of the wilderness and the settling of the frontiers. "Be sure you know the thesis of this," he said. "He changed the way historians think about the expansion of the West."Dr. William H. Goetzmann, whose many books on the exploration and settlement of the American West, Western art, and American intellectual history were major contributions to the field, died of congestive heart failure at his home in Austin, Texas, on 7 September 2010. His three children, William N., Anne, and Stephen, were with him during his final days. Services at St. Austin's Church in Austin and Dwight Hall Chapel at Yale brought together colleagues and former students to commemorate the fullness of his life as a scholar, teacher, writer, and generous mentor. He was laid to rest in the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, where his marker reads - a line from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass - "Solitary, singing in the West, I strike up for a New World."Born in Washington, D.C., in 1930, the only child of Viola and Harry Goetzmann, Bill Goetzmann grew up in Minnesota and, later, Houston, Texas. He pursued his education at Yale University, obtaining his doctorate in the relatively new field of American studies and then teaching in the program from 1955 to 1964. His passionate interest in the American West began with his dissertation under the tutelage of Howard R. Lamar, research published as Army Explo
我第一次见到比尔·戈茨曼——70年代我们研究生称呼他为“G博士”——他突然来了。他走进德克萨斯大学(University of Texas)的美国研究办公室，全神贯注地皱着眉头，眼睛只盯着秘书办公桌后面的办公室门。当他大步向前时，他那破旧的公文包真的跟在他身后，在他向办公室走去的路上，似乎没有看到任何人。尽管奥斯汀九月的一个下午很热，他还是穿着一件皱巴巴的运动外套。即使在他关上门之后，一股能量的云似乎仍在徘徊。“是他。赫伯·霍文坎普(Herb Hovenkamp)说，他是一名研究生，一直带着我这个新来的人参观校园。他的眼睛里闪烁着顽皮的光芒。他刚刚有了视觉证据，证明了他一直在讲的那个充满活力的教授的故事，我参加了他的研讨班。那是在1978年的初秋。赫伯后来成为一名颇有成就的法律历史学家，他并不是唯一一个渴望用比尔·戈茨曼的故事来取悦和恐吓新生的人。从年轻的教授和学生那里，我们听到了他令人敬畏的智慧，他的“成就或毁灭”研究生的能力取决于他们是否能接受他在研讨会上严谨的学术讨论。似乎每个人都有一个故事要讲，无论是他在课堂上的热情，他的机智，还是他对学生的高要求。9月的那一天，在办公室里，赫伯拿起一本《探索与帝国:赢得美国西部的探险家和科学家》，这是戈茨曼博士获得普利策奖的著作，里面有大量关于荒野地图和边界划定的信息。“你一定要知道这个的主旨，”他说。“他改变了历史学家对西方扩张的看法。”威廉·h·戈茨曼(William H. Goetzmann)于2010年9月7日在德克萨斯州奥斯汀的家中因充血性心力衰竭去世，他写了许多关于美国西部探索和定居、西方艺术和美国思想史的书，对这一领域做出了重大贡献。他的三个孩子，威廉·N、安妮和斯蒂芬，在他最后的日子里陪伴着他。在奥斯汀的圣奥斯汀教堂和耶鲁的德怀特霍尔教堂举行的仪式将同事和以前的学生聚集在一起，纪念他作为学者、教师、作家和慷慨导师的充实生活。他被安葬在纽黑文的格罗夫街公墓，墓碑上写着——沃尔特·惠特曼《草叶集》中的一行——“孤独地，在西部歌唱，我为一个新世界而奋斗。”比尔·戈茨曼于1930年出生于华盛顿特区，是维奥拉和哈里·戈茨曼的独子，他在明尼苏达州长大，后来又在德克萨斯州的休斯顿长大。他在耶鲁大学继续他的教育，在相对较新的美国研究领域获得博士学位，然后从1955年到1964年在该项目任教。他对美国西部的浓厚兴趣始于他在霍华德·r·拉马尔指导下的论文，该论文由耶鲁大学出版社出版，名为《美国西部的军队探索，1803-1863》。1967年，他的杰作《探索与帝国:美国西部胜利中的探险家和科学家》获得了普利策历史奖和由美国历史学家协会颁发的著名的弗朗西斯·帕克曼奖。当时，戈茨曼是德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的一名年轻教授，他积极地塑造了那里的美国研究项目，并以他对学术进步的热情掀起了一场巨大的骚动。比尔·戈茨曼(Bill Goetzmann)以一种类似于他所写的探险家和科学家的方式进行研究。他被学术主题的戏剧性所吸引，就像早期探险家面对摆在他们面前的未知疆域一样。带着热情，他接受了广泛的主题，并对事实细节进行了细致入微的研究。在《探索与帝国》一书的学术探索中，当戈茨曼仔细研读信件、日记和地图时，他采访了一位年迈的历史学家，他的身体状况使他无法说话。…
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