W. Wesley McDonald
For the U.S. Navy admiral, see Wesley L. McDonald.
W. Wesley McDonald (June 11, 1946 – September 9, 2014[1]) was a professor of political science at Elizabethtown College.
Career
His most recent and notable work is Russell Kirk and the Age of Ideology which was published in 2004. The book explores the political and philosophical ideas of the conservative intellectual Russell Kirk and his impact on conservatism in the 1940s and 50s. He has also written several articles on Kirk and 20th-century conservatism.
At Elizabethtown College he worked with many notable colleagues including: Paul Gottfried, David S. Brown, Robert Craig Nation, and Gabriel R. Ricci.
Degrees
- 1982 Ph.D, Catholic University of America
- 1969 M.A., Bowling Green State University
- 1968 B.A., Towson State University
Selected works
- Russell Kirk and the Age of Ideology, University of Missouri Press 2004 ISBN 0-8262-1512-2
References
- ↑ "William McDonald Obituary." Miller-Sekely Funeral Home & Crematory, Sep. 2014