Faulk, Odie B.

An historian, author, and educator, Faulk was born in 1933 in Winnsboro, Texas, and received B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Texas Tech University. He taught at Texas A&M, University of Arizona, Arizona State, and Arizona Western before becoming head of the history department at Oklahoma State University in 1972. Faulk is the author and co-author of numerous articles and books, including Land of Many Frontiers (1968) and North America Divided: The Mexican War (1972), both of which were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

From the guide to the Odie B. Faulk Papers, S319. 1., 1960-1973 and undated, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University)