Roald Tweet (1933–2020)[1] was a professor of English at Augustana College[2] and a historian of the upper Mississippi River.[3]
Biography
Tweet was the husband of Margaret Tweet, the brother of David Tweet, father of Randall Tweet, Gretchen O'Brien, and Jonathan Tweet. Roald also was a grandfather and a great grandfather. Tweet was part of the Agustin's Historical Society, St. John's Lutheran Church, Contemporary Club, Eagle Scouts, and a member of Sons of Norway. He earned a master's degree in English and a Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Chicago.[4] He created three-minute vignettes about local history for his radio series, "Rock Island Lines," which earned the Illinois Humanities Council's Lawrence W. Towner Award in 2001.[2] He earned the Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award in 2006.[3] His published books include History of Transportation on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers,[4] A History of the Rock Island District Corps of Engineers, 1866–1983,[2] and The Quad Cities: An American Mosaic.[2] In 2014 he began co-hosting the writing-related radio show Scribble.[5] He was known as a whittler, and his little wooden birds were popular on Augustana campus.[6]
References
- ↑ Obituaries, The Rock Island Dispatch Argus, November 6, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award bio
- 1 2 Willard, John. "Roald Tweet receives Studs Terkel award." Quad-City Times, October 20, 2006. read online.
- 1 2 Tweet, Roald D. The Quad Cities: An American mosaic. East Hall Press. 1996.
- ↑ Scribble on WVIK
- ↑ Johnson, Larry. "Whittling." WOOD Magazine, September 1992.
External links
- How Tweet it is Retirement won't hamper the adventures of one of Augustana's more gifted teachers. Quad-City Times. February 16, 1999.
- Geyer, Thomas. Roald Tweet, Quad-City cultural icon, dies at 87. Dispatch-Argus, November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- Wooten, Don. Remembering Roald Tweet. Quad-City Times. November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.