Richard W. Reinhardt | |
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Born | Oakland, California, U.S. | March 25, 1927
Nationality | American |
Education | Stanford University, BA 1949; Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, MS 1950. |
Spouse(s) | Joan Maxwell Reinhardt, b. 1927, m. 1951, d. 2009 |
Children | 3 sons |
Richard Reinhardt (born March 25, 1927) is an American journalist, author, and historian whose books and articles have focused mainly on the American west, especially San Francisco and California. He also authored The Ashes of Smyrna, a novel set during the Greco-Turkish war following World War I. Reinhardt taught journalism at the University of California, Berkeley for two decades and has served on the boards of many civic and historic preservation organizations in the Bay Area.