Richard D. White, Jr.

Richard D. White, Jr., a former senior officer in the U.S. Coast Guard and icebreaker captain, received his Ph.D. from Penn State University. The author of Roosevelt the Reformer: Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner 1889-1895 and Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long, he is a professor of public administration and an associate dean at Louisiana State University. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.