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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

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.

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