Religion Roman Catholic Name Michael Kurtz | Role Historian Political party Republican Party | |
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Born 1941 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Alma mater University of New Orleans
University of Tennessee
Tulane University Occupation Historian
Professor emeritus at Southeastern Louisiana University Notable work Assassination of John F. Kennedy Spouse(s) Isabella Stoddard Kurtz Children Michael David Kurtz
Linda Suzanne Kurtz Education University of Tennessee, Tulane University, University of New Orleans Books The JFK Assassination Debates, Crime of the Century, Earl K Long: The Saga of U, The Challenging of Americ | ||
Michael L. Kurtz (born 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American historian. A Southeastern Louisiana University professor emeritus of history, he is known for his research into the assassination of John F. Kennedy, in which Kurtz has generally supported a theory that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone.
In 1995, Kurtz testified on the Kennedy assassination before the Assassination Records Review Board chaired by federal district judge John R. Tunheim.
Kurtz has published on other topics of American history, notably the career of Louisiana Governor Earl Kemp Long, co-authored with the late professor Morgan D. Peoples of Louisiana Tech University.
Kurtz received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Orleans, a Master of Arts from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and a Ph.D. from Tulane University in New Orleans. He is married to the former Isabella Stoddard. The couple has a son, Michael David Kurtz, an attorney, and a daughter, Linda Suzanne Kurtz, a degree-holding registered nurse.