Prize-winning military historian Craig L. Symonds ’67 passed away Tuesday, Oct. 13, from complications due to cancer. He was 79.

Born in Anaheim, California, on Dec. 31, 1946, Symonds was a professor history at the United States Naval Academy for 30 years, starting in 1976. He wrote 15 books on the Civil War and the U.S. Navy while at the Academy, and later wrote four books on World War II. His last book on the Civil War, “Lincoln and His Admirals,” won the Lincoln prize in 2009, “Nimitz at War” won the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Prize and he was honored with multiple lifetime achievement awards.

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