Michael Sugrue, PhD
Professor Inspiration
Michael Sugrue, 1957–2024
Jan 17 2024
Michael Sugrue, PhD
by John Hirschauer
Michael Sugrue, a former Princeton professor whose 1992 lecture series on the Western canon later captivated millions of YouTube viewers, passed away on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.
His career was in some ways typical of late-twentieth-century elite American academics. As an undergraduate, he studied under Allan Bloom at the University of Chicago. He graduated, got his master’s and Ph.D. from Columbia, and taught subsequently at Johns Hopkins and Princeton. In something of a nod to his parochial-school upbringing, he finished his career at Florida’s uber-Catholic Ave Maria University. (Continue Reading) https://www.city-journal.org/article/michael-sugrue-professor-of-inspiration
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