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Ralph Ketcham
American academic ( – )
Ralph Louis Ketcham (October 29, – April 26, ) was an American academic. For almost 60 years, he served as a professor of history and political science at Syracuse University. Ketcham's academic focus was on political theory and the American founding with an emphasis on James Madison.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Born on October 28, , in Berea, Ohio, Ketcham was raised in New Hartford, New York. His parents were Sherman and Laura Murphy Ketcham. In , he married Julia Stillwell. The couple had two children: Benjamin and Laura Lee.
Ketcham attended the United States Coast Guard Academy, Allegheny College, and Colgate University and earned his PhD in American Studies at Syracuse University in
Career
[edit]After obtaining his PhD, Ketcham taught briefly at the University of Chicago and at Yale. In , he joined Syracuse's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, which specializes in the social sciences, public policy, public administration, and international relations.[3]
Though he retired in , Ketcham continued to write and to teach an annual graduate symposium on the foundations of American thought.
Bibliography
[edit]He was the author of a dozen books, including:
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That last book, from , contains a 20,word appendix that is the fruit of the "obsession" Mansfield reported. It describes complex philosophical debates, at the time of the Maxwell School's founding, about modes of citizenship education; the national trends in political science that drew Maxwell away from its citizenship curriculum; and attempts to revive the curriculum in one form or another. It closes with the creation of the MAX Courses and what was then a proposed new citizenship major. Given Ketcham's rooting interest, the appendix's final sentence rings mildly triumphant: "Engaged Citizenship was the title for the new major proposed."
"Ralph has helped to keep the Maxwell School true to its roots," said political scientist (and eventual MAX Courses director) Kristi Andersen in , when Ketcham was to receive the University's top alumni award. "He continues to remind us about the central questions having to do with citizenship in a democracy."
"Ralph's passing means that we have lost someone who, by his very nature, embodied the essence of this place," said former doctoral advisee Sherry Magill at the memorial service. "Someone we could point to and say, That's what we mean when we talk about citizenship and public purpose."
With degrees from Allegheny College and Colgate