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...Merk joined Frederick Jackson Turner in the "Westward Movement" course. Some thirty yers erlier Turner had introduced the concept of the "frontier" as the dominant factor in American History...
Like Turner, a native of Wisconsin, Merk did his early work in history there and came to the University for graduate study under Turner in 1916. He was appointed a tutor at that time...
...Merk, Gurney professor of History and Political Science, will retire in June, he has taught American History here for 39 years, and plans to engage in research and writing after his retirement...
Frank B. Freidel, Jr., professor of History, will give both History 61a and 61b next year. Since 1922 Merk had given the first part of the course, "The Growth of the American Nation." He shared the course for many years with Arthur M. Schlesinger, Francis Lee Higginson Profesor of History, emeritus...
...slight figure, with a thin voice, Merk is well known for his precise, factual lectures, lightened by occasional whimsical jokes...